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*Need more [[Netagin]] | *Need more [[Netagin]] | ||
*adjectives might be verbs | *adjectives might be verbs | ||
*''Dyrring | *''Dyrring a bunym armi dy ynang'' = the living fish swims in water | ||
==Diachronics== | ==Diachronics== | ||
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Compare: | Compare: | ||
:''''' | :'''''A lennos mend.''''' | ||
: | :A smoking_pipe this | ||
:''This is a pipe.'' | :''This is a pipe.'' | ||
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e.g. ''D'eell naw ee.'' = I love her; ''Ee d'eell naw.'' = It's her that I love | e.g. ''D'eell naw ee.'' = I love her; ''Ee d'eell naw.'' = It's her that I love | ||
:''D'iant | :''D'iant a duvwŋym.'' | ||
:The teacher is sleeping. | :The teacher is sleeping. | ||
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Eevo is split-ergative, with imperfective tenses using accusative morphosyntax and perfective tenses using ergative morphosyntax. | Eevo is split-ergative, with imperfective tenses using accusative morphosyntax and perfective tenses using ergative morphosyntax. | ||
====Imperfect==== | ====Imperfect==== | ||
The imperfect uses the unmarked form of the verb followed by the subject. For example, ''Mol naw | The imperfect uses the unmarked form of the verb followed by the subject. For example, ''Mol naw a duvwŋym'' means "I thank the teacher" or "I used to thank the teacher". | ||
====Progressive/Stative==== | ====Progressive/Stative==== | ||
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*''Iantin naw.'' = I slept. | *''Iantin naw.'' = I slept. | ||
*''Vesin rw naw | *''Vesin rw naw a attynem.'' = I painted the pictures. | ||
====Perfect==== | ====Perfect==== | ||