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→Pragmatics and conventions: Weather and phenomena
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|gloss=fire-CVB:QUAL shine.ATTR dog=CLFV | |gloss=fire-CVB:QUAL shine.ATTR dog=CLFV | ||
|translation=A brown dog. | |translation=A brown dog. | ||
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===Weather and phenomena=== | |||
Because these things are associated with high animate actors in Ash, the hierarchy means that verbs referring to them take on inverse agency when used with the conjunct suffix. | |||
{{gloss | |||
|phrase={{ash|ẻ<u>s</u>dseena<u>s</u> e}} | |||
|gloss=PROX-<u>INV</u>-rain.INCH-<u>CONJ</u>=MODV:EXP | |||
|translation=It started to rain (on us) (lit. "it (the high animate) started to rain on us") | |||
}} | |||
When the speaker is not involved, active agency is used rather than no agency. | |||
{{gloss | |||
|phrase={{ash|ỏ<u>d</u>sansa hga}} | |||
|gloss=DIST-<u>DIR</u>-rain.INTS=MODV:REP:DIR | |||
|translation=They said it was raining there. | |||
}} | }} | ||
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