User:Waahlis/Incubator

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Examples of different alignments

Tripartite

Tripartite language
Sentence: káĺoʔ ʔiceyé·ye hikiyé·yiksene mút̓etx ʔí·n wí·ne ʔipním pó·pciy̓awnax̩ ʔinekí·x titlú·ne ʔimé·sne
Morphemes: káĺoʔ ʔiceyé·ye-∅ hikiyé·yiksene mút̓etx ʔí·n-∅ wí·ne ʔip-ním pó·pciy̓awnax̩ titlú·ne ʔinekí·x-ne ʔimé·s-ne
Approximation just coyote-∅ wander pst downriver I-∅ crie pst He-erg would kill even big-acc deer-acc
Function: ADVERB S VERBintrans S VERBintrans A VERBtrans O
Translation: 'Coyote was just wandering downriver.' 'I cried.' 'He will kill even a big deer.'

Active

Active language
Sentence: Vaxt’angi ekimi iqo Ninom daamtknara Ninom ačvena suratebi Gias
Morphemes: vaxt’ang-i ekim-i iqo nino-m daamtknara nino-m ačvena surat-eb-i gia-s
Gloss: Vakhtang-pat doktor-pat be aor.3sg Nino-agt yawn aor.3sg Nino-agt show aor.3sg picture-pl-pat Gia-dat
Function: S S VERBintrans S VERBintrans A VERBtrans O OBJECTindirect
Translation: 'Vakhtang was a doctor.' 'Nino yawned.' 'Nino showed the pictures to Gia.'

Ergative

Ergative Language
Sentence: Gizona etorri da.      Gizonak mutila ikusi du.
Morphemes: gizona-∅ etorri da      gizona-k mutila-∅ ikusi du
Gloss: the.man-abs has arrived      the.man-erg boy-abs saw
Function: S VERBintrans      A O VERBtrans
Translation: 'The man has arrived.'      'The man saw the boy.'

Direct

Direct language
Sentence: rén lái le zhāngsān     lĭsì le ma
Words: rén-∅ lái le      zhāngsān-∅ -∅ lĭsì le ma
Gloss: person-∅ come crs      Zhangsan-∅ scold Lisi crs q
Function: S VERBintrans      A VERBtrans O
Translation: 'The person has come.'      'Did Zhangsan scold Lisi?'


Split direct language
Sentence: the man hunts the man hunts bears
Words: the man-∅ hunts      the man-∅ hunts -∅ bears -∅
Gloss: the def man-∅ hunt      the def man-∅ hunt bears-∅
Function: S VERBintrans      A VERBtrans O
Translation: 'The man hunts.'      'The man hunts bears'

Nominative-accusative

Accusative language
Sentence:

putns lidoja

Bērns zīmē suni

Words: putn-s lidoja      Bērn-s zīmē sun-i
Gloss: bird-nom fly.pst.3      child-nom draw.pres.3 dog-acc
Function: S VERBintrans      A VERBtrans O
Translation: 'The bird was flying'      'The child is drawing a dog.'