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====Pseudo-nouns==== | ====Pseudo-nouns==== | ||
When constructs, | When constructs, non-finite verbs lose their triptote inflection, attracting verbal enclitics to themselves while behaving as nouns. | ||
{{interlinear|lang=fi|number=(1) | {{interlinear|lang=fi|number=(1) | ||
|top= | |top= סכתת אול | ||
| | |סכתת אול | ||
| | |sktt ’vl | ||
| | |úsitu-t ’ûvil | ||
|philosophy.{{gcl| | |philosophy.{{gcl|ACT}}.{{gcl|INF}}.{{gcl|NOM}}-want personanimate>human.{{gcl|DEF}}.{{gcl|CNS}} | ||
|"The person | |"The person wanting to think" (<small>ABSOLUTE CONSTRUCTION</small>) | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{interlinear|lang=fi|number=(2) | {{interlinear|lang=fi|number=(2) | ||
|top= | |top= סכתת ר אול | ||
| | |סכתת ר אול | ||
| | |sktt r ’vl | ||
| | |úsit-at aru ’ûl | ||
|philosophy.{{gcl| | |philosophy.{{gcl|ACT}}.{{gcl|INF}}.{{gcl|CNS}}-want a.{{gcl|OBL}} person>animate>human | ||
|" | |"Wanting to think is a person" (<small>COPULATIVE CONSTRUCTION</small>) | ||
}} | }} | ||
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''íbūl iri saíkat'' "the philosopher's reading"" | ''íbūl iri saíkat'' "the philosopher's reading"" | ||
úgūla na-t "I want to eat" (*nā úgul-at) | |||
''úgūla-t siktí'' "the philosopher wants to eat" | |||
''úgūla na-t'' "I want to eat" (*nā úgul-at) | |||
neither *saíkat ira úbūl nor *úbūl ira siktí, but úbūla siktí-ka "the philosopher can read" | neither *saíkat ira úbūl nor *úbūl ira siktí, but úbūla siktí-ka "the philosopher can read" | ||