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Only the bare stem of a noun can be incorporated into a verb. To add more information about a noun, one must do so outside the verb complex. | Only the bare stem of a noun can be incorporated into a verb. To add more information about a noun, one must do so outside the verb complex. | ||
:''Yuhhu, ke-∅-pu-chi-'''tufakha'''-sya na-'''tufakha''' | :''Yuhhu, ke-∅-pu-chi-'''tufakha'''-sya na-'''tufakha''' anai!'' | ||
:hey 2SG.ERG-3SG.ABS-PST-eat-apple-ASS 1SG.GEN-apple | :hey 2SG.ERG-3SG.ABS-PST-eat-apple-ASS 1SG.GEN-apple sweet | ||
:Hey, you ate my | :Hey, you ate my sweet apple! | ||
However, any type of noun stem can be incorporated, even proper names and compounds. | However, any type of noun stem can be incorporated, even proper names and compounds. | ||
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:I always hated New York. | :I always hated New York. | ||
In informal speech, a lengthy noun may optionally be substituted with a shorter one outside the verb complex - this can be seen as analogous to the classifier systems used in the Oneida language making use of noun incorporation. For instance, the sentence ''Yuhhu, kepuchitufakhasya na'''tufakha''' | In informal speech, a lengthy noun may optionally be substituted with a shorter one outside the verb complex - this can be seen as analogous to the classifier systems used in the Oneida language making use of noun incorporation. For instance, the sentence ''Yuhhu, kepuchitufakhasya na'''tufakha''' anai!'' could instead be expressed as ''Yuhhu, kepuchitufakhasya na'''chipu''' anai!'', where ''chipu'' simply means "food". The "alternative" noun used outside the verb complex need not be a literal equivalence or even phonetically shorter at all, so this is technique is frequently used for poetic effect. | ||
====Sequential verbs==== | ====Sequential verbs==== | ||