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=====Verbs===== | =====Verbs===== | ||
The position of verbs is less strict than nouns. They are preferably right-bound, and often appear at the end of a sentence. | The position of verbs is less strict than nouns. They are preferably right-bound, and often appear at the end of a sentence, except when participles, wherein they tend to be left-bound and close to the noun they modify (e.g. ''kûnira ka’áp'' "the dog is taken" (non-participle) and ''ká’ap kûniru'' "the taken dog" (participle)). Another important attribute of verbs is their influence upon case. Secondary cases | ||
syntx of case and verb | |||
''asak āqfúl-un'' "I spoke with him" | |||
''masak āqfúl-un'' "whom I spoke with" | |||
*medio-passive voice: nominative if subjct (absolute) | |||
: asu gaflá "he eats" | |||
*experimental voice: oblique if subject (absolute) | |||
: sua aguál "he finds himself eating" | |||
*active voice: ergative if subject (construct); accusative if object (absolute) | |||
: sā agulá / asa agulá-su "he eats it" | |||
*passive voice: accusative if subject (construct); ergative if object (absolute) | |||
: asa gafál / sā gafál-us "he is eaten" | |||
*causative voice: dative if causer-subject (absolute); ... ZERO-CASE if causee-subject (costruct); genitive if object (absolute) | |||
: asi gualá / sia gualá-su asi "he makes him eat it" | |||
: compare ''gualá-su'' "he is made to eat it" | |||
*obligative voice: genitive if causer-subject (absolute); ZERO-CASE if causee-subject (costruct); dative if object (absolute) | |||
: agáfl-us / asi agáfl-us sia "he is made by him to eat it" | |||
: compare ''sia agáfl'' "he makes it eat"" | |||
iri bîbl xûvil gualá saíkat iri | |||
====Modifier Order==== | ====Modifier Order==== | ||