Habyela: Difference between revisions

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 /qənə̀bəɴ-qa ʔàɟʷɨnəɴ pʲatɕaɴʈa ɫə̀-nama-wɨ/
-dog.PL-ERG men.PL back.3PS.PL.POSS ATEL-bite-3PS.NONHUMAN
+dog.PL-ERG men.PL back.3PS.PL.POSS ATEL-sleep-3PS.NONHUMAN
 Dogs sleep more than men do.
 ==Demonstratives==
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-Note that -ça(ɴ) is the suffix for a predicate adjective. So technically, Habyela is turning the second noun into an adjective.
+Note that -ça(ɴ) is the suffix for a predicate adjective e.g.
+/ʔàtə qanʷə̀-ça/
+night black-COP
+The night is black.
+-ça(ɴ) can also attach to a relational noun, to express location. Like English, Habyela conflates nominal and locational predication e.g.
+/qənə̀bə paɲɨ pʲəʈaɴʈa-ça/
+dog water belly.3PS.NONHUM.POSS-COP.SG
+The dog is in the water.
+==Predicative Possession==
-==Possession==
+Habyela has no verb corresponding to English "have". Where English speakers would say "A has B", Habyela speakers simply say "B is on A" (even if B is not technically "on" the object, Habyela speakers still use this construction) e.g.
-Habyela has no verb corresponding to English "have". Where English speakers would say "A has B", Habyela speakers simply say "A's B" e.g.
+/qənə̀bə ʔàɟʷɨnəɴ pʲatɕaɴʈa-ça/
-/ʔàɟʷɨnəɴ-qa qənə̀baɴʈa/
+dog man.PL back.3PS.PL.POSS-COP.SG
-man.PL-ERG dog.3PS.PL.POSS
+The men have a dog (literally "a dog is on the men")
-The men have a dog (literally "the men's dog")
+[[Category:Languages]]
+[[Category:Afroasiatic languages]]
+[[Category:Habyela]]