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==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||
Proto-Rttirrian had a moderate degree of [[w:fusional language|fusional]] inflection. The following verb endings were used: | Proto-Rttirrian had a moderate degree of [[w:fusional language|fusional]] inflection. | ||
===Verbs=== | |||
The following verb endings were used: | |||
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|- | |- | ||
!colspan="2" | 1st | !colspan="2" | 1st | ||
!colspan=" | !colspan="2" | 2nd | ||
!colspan=" | !colspan="4" | 3rd | ||
|- | |- | ||
!rowspan="2" | Sing. | !rowspan="2" | Sing. | ||
!rowspan="2" | Pl. | !rowspan="2" | Pl. | ||
! | !rowspan="2" | Sing. | ||
!rowspan="2" | Pl. | !rowspan="2" | Pl. | ||
!colspan="2" | Sing. | !colspan="2" | Sing. | ||
! | !colspan="2" | Pl. | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Anim. | ! Anim. | ||
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|- | |- | ||
!Present | !Present | ||
| ''na-'' | |||
| ''ma-'' | |||
| ''kβ-'' | |||
| ''tsa-'' | |||
| ''gʲa-'' | |||
| | |||
| ''ʈa-'' | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
!Future | !Future | ||
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* The exact function of the fourth tense is unknown; it may have been a [[w:perfect (grammar)|perfect]] aspect, an [[w:aorist|aorist]], or something else entirely. It evolved into two verbal moods in Proto-South-Rttirrian and took on various tense and aspect functions in other descendants. | * The exact function of the fourth tense is unknown; it may have been a [[w:perfect (grammar)|perfect]] aspect, an [[w:aorist|aorist]], or something else entirely. It evolved into two verbal moods in Proto-South-Rttirrian and took on various tense and aspect functions in other descendants. | ||
* An ''i-'' was used to begin the stems of transitive verbs. By analogy, this would cause object pronouns to be affixed to the verb in Proto-South-Rttirrian. | |||
===Auxiliary verbs=== | |||
Ample auxiliary verbs were used. Some of these took on chronological meanings and came to supplant the original tense inflections. | |||
===Nouns=== | |||
Pronouns were suffixed with *''-i'' for the accusative. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||