Qasunattuuji verbs: Difference between revisions

'''[[Qasunattuuji]] verbs''' are known for their complexity: a single conjugated verb may stand for a whole sentence. Also, they exhibit noun incorporation: for example: do a speech is rendered as speech-do.

==General features==

|Present

|{{interlinear

  |telephone-INSTR talk-we-1DU.3SG

  |We (two) talk on the phone.}}

|Future

|{{interlinear

  |telephone-INSTR talk-we-DU-'''FUT'''

  |We (two) '''will''' talk on the phone.}}

  |My sister (will) give(s) birth '''tomorrow'''. (the future tense "will" is implied by the word tomorrow)}}

|}

===Aspect===

Marking aspect is optional in Qasunattuuji verbs. It has a perfective versus imperfective distinction in aspect, along with other distinctions, such as: frequentative (-ataq; "to repeatedly verb"), habitual (-simavi; "to always, habitual verb"), inchoative (-hiŋaat; "about to verb"), and intentional (-sahuma; "intend to verb"). The aspect suffix can be found after the verb root and before or within the obligatory person-number-mood suffix.

|-

<!-- Pronunciation-->

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<!-- Morphemes-->

|<small>-u-</small>

|<small>-kama</small>

| -be.X

| -{{sc|1s.cond.impf}}-

| eat-

| -{{sc|fut}}

==Derivation==

The suffix -u creates a verb "be X" from a noun.<br>

The gerund is marked with the suffix -juni (-tuni after t).<br>

The negative suffix -it negates what comes before the radical, being able to come after the root and before the derivational, after the derivational, or both. If the suffix comes before a person, number and mood suffix starting the consonant (except t), a -ti- should be inserted between them.<br>

| -tut

|-

| {{Center|'''1'''}}

| -pik

!

!

| -giijik

| -giisi

| -giijuk

| -giisi

| -givut

| -givut

| -giijuk

| -gisi

| -givut

| -givut

|  {{Center|'''2P'''}}

| -giisiiŋa

| -giijigut

!

|-

| {{Center|'''1S'''}}

|-

| {{Center|'''1D'''}}

|-

| {{Center|'''1P'''}}

|-

| {{Center|'''2S'''}}

|-

| {{Center|'''2D'''}}

|-

|  {{Center|'''2P'''}}

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| {{Center|'''3S reflexive'''}}

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| {{Center|'''3D reflexive'''}}

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| {{Center|'''3P reflexive'''}}

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| {{Center|'''3S non-reflexive'''}}

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| {{Center|'''3D non-reflexive'''}}

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| {{Center|'''3P non-reflexive'''}}

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|-

| {{Center|'''1S'''}}

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| {{Center|'''1D'''}}

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| {{Center|'''1P'''}}

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| {{Center|'''2S'''}}

|-

| {{Center|'''2D'''}}

|-

|  {{Center|'''2P'''}}

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| {{Center|'''3S'''}}

|-

| {{Center|'''3D'''}}

|-

| {{Center|'''3P'''}}

|}

|-

| {{Center|'''1S'''}}

|-

| {{Center|'''1D'''}}

|-

| {{Center|'''1P'''}}

|-

| {{Center|'''2S'''}}

|-

| {{Center|'''2D'''}}

|-

|  {{Center|'''2P'''}}

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| {{Center|'''3S'''}}

|-

| {{Center|'''3D'''}}

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| {{Center|'''3P'''}}

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Notes

*The ː symbol means that the last phoneme of the radical is geminated.

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[[Category:Qasunattuuji]]