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:3SG.CAUS-1SG.ABS-PST-go-DRPAC Father match-DAT square-ball-GEN | :3SG.CAUS-1SG.ABS-PST-go-DRPAC Father match-DAT square-ball-GEN | ||
:Dad took me to the baseball game! | :Dad took me to the baseball game! | ||
====Equative sentences==== | |||
The copula, ''fei'' (past: ''pui'', future: ''mei''), is an intransitive verb, and the thing or person that is being equated to is marked with ''-kka''. | |||
:''∅-'''Fei'''-Charartu-nu na-mahai-pu-'''kka'''.'' | |||
:''3SG.ABS-be-Charartu-DRPAC 1SG.GEN-call-GER-DAT | |||
:Charartu is my name. | |||
===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
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:3SG.ABS-PST-run-DRPAC 3SG.GEN-house-PL-DAT red two | :3SG.ABS-PST-run-DRPAC 3SG.GEN-house-PL-DAT red two | ||
:She ran to her two red houses. | :She ran to her two red houses. | ||
===Derivation=== | |||
Words can be derived into other parts of speech with the following suffixes: | |||
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|- | |||
! rowspan="2" colspan="2"| | |||
! colspan="4"|From... | |||
|- | |||
! Noun | |||
! Verb | |||
! Adjective<br>or Determiner | |||
! Adverb | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan="4"|To... | |||
! Noun | |||
| - | |||
| ''-pu'' | |||
| ''-rtu'' | |||
| ''-rtu'' | |||
|- | |||
! Verb | |||
| ''-ttya'' (to be X, temporarily)<br>''-ttyu'' (to do an X-like thing) | |||
| - | |||
| ''-rtuttyu''<br>''-isattyu'' (to become X) | |||
| ''-rtuttyu'' | |||
|- | |||
! Adjective<br>or Determiner | |||
| ''-rri'' | |||
| ''-pirri'' | |||
| - | |||
| ''-pirri'' | |||
|- | |||
! Adverb | |||
| ''-kke'' | |||
| ''-pekke'' | |||
| ''-rte'' | |||
| - | |||
|} | |||
Note that derived verbs can also be made causative. | |||
:''We-ni-pu-mupukku-'''ttya'''-nu mika setuki!'' | |||
:3SG.CAUS-1SG.ABS-PST-pig-be-DRPAC unwillingly witch | |||
:The witch turned me into a pig! | |||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||