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'''Antipassive''' construction: Agent (ERG) transforms into subject (ABS) and object (ABS) takes the instrumental-comitative (INS) case. Word order becomes SV(O), and the verb is conjugated according to the agent and is suffixed with the emphasizing clitic ''ma'' in the formal register. | '''Antipassive''' construction: Agent (ERG) transforms into subject (ABS) and object (ABS) takes the instrumental-comitative (INS) case. Word order becomes SV(O), and the verb is conjugated according to the agent only and the stressed syllable undergoes second [[Sceptrian#Apophony|apophony]]. The verb is also suffixed with the emphasizing clitic ''ma'' in the formal register. | ||
{{Gloss | {{Gloss | ||
|phrase = Doth | |phrase = Doth ónzeit(ma) (pofos). | ||
|IPA = /dəθ | |IPA = /dəθ ɔ̃zei̯t(mä) (pəfəs)/ | ||
| morphemes = doth-Ø ón- | | morphemes = doth-Ø ón-zeit-Ø(/ma) (pof-os) | ||
| gloss = man-ABS 3SG.AN.PRES.IPFV-lift-ANTIP(.FORM) (feather-INS) | | gloss = man-ABS ANTIP\3SG.AN.PRES.IPFV-lift-ANTIP(.FORM) (feather-INS) | ||
| translation = The man is lifting (a feather). | | translation = The man is lifting (a feather). | ||
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**''Ónzaiton pof vakuhp dothir.'' (the feather is raised by the man's hand) | **''Ónzaiton pof vakuhp dothir.'' (the feather is raised by the man's hand) | ||
**''Onzaiton pof tuph dothi'''sh''' slokli.'' (The feather is being lifted with a man's stick for them.) Inanimate agent conjugation, and dative of possession is inflected to avoid misinterpretation! | **''Onzaiton pof tuph dothi'''sh''' slokli.'' (The feather is being lifted with a man's stick for them.) Inanimate agent conjugation, and dative of possession is inflected to avoid misinterpretation! | ||
* ''Vakuh | * ''Vakuh ónzeit pofos.'' (The hand lifts something, which happens to be a feather)/(someone intentionally lifts a feather with their hand) Notice animate conjugation! | ||
**''Tup | **''Tup onzeit dothpo pofos.'' (The stick, which is being held by a man, lifts something, which happens to be a feather) ABL as causative since inanimate ''tup''. | ||
===Numerals=== | ===Numerals=== | ||