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Example: '''''na'''vas·tadda'' “he (green) gave it to me (white)”. | Example: '''''na'''vas·tadda'' “he (green) gave it to me (white)”. | ||
The category of [[w:Handedness|handedness]] is often expressed as a separate marker, which can be used with singular possessive markers, which defines a person’s dominant side. Unlike in humans, handedness is an important aspect that define various abilities, in particular their ability to interact via the electroweak force, and compatibility with other dragons. Left-handed dragons use ''-l(V)'', while right-handed use ''-d(V)'' (where '''V''' is an echo vowel that breaks impossible clusters), for example: ''na'''da'''·tǎja'' “it is my house (neutral right-handed speaker)”. This marker is optional and is often omitted in formal speech. | The category of [[w:Handedness|handedness]] is often expressed as a separate marker, which can be used with singular possessive markers, which defines a person’s dominant side. Unlike in humans, handedness is an important aspect that define various abilities, in particular their ability to interact via the [[w;Electroweak interaction|electroweak force]], and compatibility with other dragons. Left-handed dragons use ''-l(V)'', while right-handed use ''-d(V)'' (where '''V''' is an echo vowel that breaks impossible clusters), for example: ''na'''da'''·tǎja'' “it is my house (neutral right-handed speaker)”. This marker is optional and is often omitted in formal speech. | ||
====Evidentiality==== | |||
Evidentiality indicates the nature of evidence for a given statement; that is, what kind of evidence exists for a statement or event. This evidence can be divided into several categories, based on their credibility and relevance to the speaker: | |||
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! Witnessed | |||
| ''-∅-'' | |||
| Information was obtained directly by the speaker. | |||
|- | |||
! Reportative | |||
| ''-á-'' | |||
| Information was provided to the speaker by another person. | |||
|- | |||
! Inferential | |||
| ''-(a)ḥa-'' | |||
| Information was infered, being general knowledge, assumption, or past experience. | |||
|- | |||
! Dubitative | |||
| ''-(ì)d-'' | |||
| Information is uncertain or dubious. | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
====Conjugation types==== | |||
The most basic opposition among Lántun verbs is a distinction between '''eventive''' verbs and '''stative''' verbs. The eventive class contains true dymanic or action verbs often involving agentivity on the part of the subject, while the stative class indicated that the subject of the verb was either the patient or experiencer of its verb. The eventive verbs belong to the '''prefix-conjugation''' pattern, while the stative — to the '''suffix-conjugation''' pattern. The same stem can be conjugated in both ways, the resulting conjugated verbs would differ in meaning. The individual morphemes represent a more recent morphology and thus are not incorporated into the stem. Both conjugation patterns have specific order of morphemes and assimilation processes among those morphemes. | |||
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