Verse:Mwail/Erno-Kawenic languages: Difference between revisions
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Plural: -s, no gender distinction | Plural: -s, no gender distinction | ||
hə (from *sindos) is hən before vowels | ''hə'' (from *sindos) is hən before vowels | ||
verbs, present tense: sdābu, sdābs, sdābt, sdābənt, sdābəsxʷi, sdābəʔt 'I swim, ...' | verbs, present tense: ''sdābu, sdābs, sdābt, sdābənt, sdābəsxʷi, sdābəʔt'' 'I swim, ...' | ||
verbs, past tense: get split-ergativity with past participle: sdābtəw, sdābtis, sdābtit, sdābtint, sdābtisxʷi, sdābtiʔt 'I swam, ...' | verbs, past tense: get split-ergativity with past participle: ''sdābtəw, sdābtis, sdābtit, sdābtint, sdābtisxʷi, sdābtiʔt'' 'I swam, ...' | ||
the 3rd person plural form without a subject is used with an impersonal meaning: ''dī sdābəʔt ids'' = you don't swim here | |||