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==Person markers== | |||
Carpathian adjectives can act as [[w:Predicate (grammar)|predicates]] by taking person markers. The adjectival person markers are the same as object markers of verbs and similar to possessive suffixes of nouns, all having a common origin in early Proto-Carpathian personal clitics. The category of number (singular or plural) is also indicated. | |||
Below is the table of person markers: | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan=2 | | |||
! rowspan=2 |[[w:Grammatical person|1st]] | |||
! rowspan=2 |[[w:Grammatical person|2nd]] | |||
! colspan=2 | [[w:Grammatical person|3rd]] | |||
|- | |||
! <small>proximate</small> | |||
! <small>obviate</small> | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Grammatical number|Singular]] | |||
| ''-mi'' | |||
| ''-ti'' | |||
| ''-(j)is'' | |||
| ''-tas'' | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Grammatical number|Dual]] | |||
| ''-nū'' | |||
| ''-wū'' | |||
| ''-(j)ī'' | |||
| ''-tai'' | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Grammatical number|Plural]] | |||
| ''-nas'' | |||
| ''-was'' | |||
| ''-īs'' | |||
| ''-tā'' | |||
|- | |||
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Certain case endings change their vowel quality before a marker, for example: ''jaunū wīrū'' “two young men” ''wīrū šī<sup>W</sup>/sī<sup>E</sup> jaunōjī'' “these two men are young” ("W" is Western Carpathian and "E" is Eastern Carpathian). | |||
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