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* 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. | * 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=== | ====Auxiliary verbs==== | ||
Ample auxiliary verbs were used. Some of these would later fuse to the verb to become inflectional moods. Similarly, certain past-tense and future-tense verb prefixes would become auxiliary verbs. | Ample auxiliary verbs were used. Some of these would later fuse to the verb to become inflectional moods. Similarly, certain past-tense and future-tense verb prefixes would become auxiliary verbs. | ||
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:You had to leave. | :You had to leave. | ||
====Subjunctive==== | |||
Only one inflectional mood was used: the [[w:subjunctive mood|subjunctive]]. It agreed with the tense of the verb: | Only one inflectional mood was used: the [[w:subjunctive mood|subjunctive]]. It agreed with the tense of the verb: | ||
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| ''*-l<sub>2</sub>agyi'' | | ''*-l<sub>2</sub>agyi'' | ||
|} | |} | ||
:<nowiki>*</nowiki>L<sub>1</sub>a-chi-'''nagi''' day | |||
:2SG.PRES-eat-SUBJ.PRES 3PL.INAN.ACC | |||
:If you were to eat them | |||
===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
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| ''*-mi'' | | ''*-mi'' | ||
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The following pronouns are reconstructed. Note that many of the nominative pronouns end with ''*-tku''—in Proto-South-Rttirrian, this would be reanalyzed as an affix meaning "self" with a possessive prefix, cf. [[Rttirri]] ''nattu'' ("I", lit. "my self"). This affix is present both as an independent word for "self, identity" and as a general emphatic pronoun suffix in Rttirri and, to a lesser extent, [[Gaju]]. | The following pronouns are reconstructed. Note that many of the nominative pronouns end with ''*-tku''—in Proto-South-Rttirrian, this would be reanalyzed as an affix meaning "self" with a possessive prefix, cf. [[Rttirri]] ''nattu'' ("I", lit. "my self"). This affix is present both as an independent word for "self, identity" and as a general emphatic pronoun suffix in Rttirri and, to a lesser extent, [[Gaju]]. | ||