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Apart from this, tense and aspect were not marked on Proto-Antarctican verbs. | Apart from this, tense and aspect were not marked on Proto-Antarctican verbs. | ||
==== | ====Verbalisation==== | ||
/ | To change a noun into a verb, the typical suffix was /z/ e.g. | ||
/&# | /sʲəː/ - show | ||
/&# | /sʲəːz/ - to perform | ||
/ | If the verb root already ended in a consonant, one of two things happened: | ||
*If the consonant was a non-geminated voiced obstruent, the suffix was changed to /zu/ e.g. /doʎaːg/ - something being dragged -> /doʎaːgzu/ - to drag | |||
*Otherwise, the suffix was changed to /iz/ after a palatalised consonant, and /uz/ otherwise e.g. /damas/ - a scam -> /damasuz/ - to scam or /sakːʲ/ - past event -> /sakːʲiz/ - to have already occurred some time ago. | |||
Any noun could be verbalised to a verb meaning "to be ..." or "to become ..." by simply applying either this transformation e.g. | |||
/ | /zuɥa/ - boat | ||
/ | /zuɥaz/ - to be a boat | ||
====Adverbs==== | |||
Nouns could also be changed into adverbs. This was originally done by suffixing them with /i/. However this underwent metathesis with the final vowel, and ended up as simple palatalisation of the final consonant if it was non-palatalised, and as an infix /iʔ/ if the last consonant of the word was already palatalised e.g. | |||
/jĩtoɫəː/ - introduction | |||
/jĩtoʎəː/ - as an introduction | |||
/ | /ʔumupo/ - seat | ||
/ | /ʔumupʲo/ - sitting down (used as an adverb) | ||
/ | /sʲəː/ - show | ||
/sʲiʔəː/ - showing off (used as an adverb) | |||
==Adaptations of Words from Present-Day Languages== | ==Adaptations of Words from Present-Day Languages== | ||