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* Nominative: unmarked or ''siba'' depending on position in the phrase |
* Nominative: unmarked or ''siba'' depending on position in the phrase |
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* Vocative: unmarked subject of a verb in the optative-imperative mood |
* Vocative: unmarked subject of a verb in the optative-imperative mood |
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* Accusative: ''lef'' before a word starting with a vowel, ''le'' otherwise |
* Accusative: ''lef'' before a word starting with a vowel, ''le'' otherwise |
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* Genitive: unmarked, ''lin'', or ''le lin'' depending on position in the phrase |
* Genitive: unmarked, ''lin'', or ''le lin'' depending on position in the phrase |
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* Dative: ''de'', also used for expressing inalienable or abstract possession or ownership |
* Dative: ''de'', also used for expressing inalienable or abstract possession or ownership |
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* Adverbial-Comparative: ''folgu'' |
* Adverbial-Comparative: ''folgu'' |
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* Evidential: ''kosalo'' |
* Evidential: ''kosalo'' |
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==== Aspectual particles ==== |
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Verbs are required to be preceeded by an aspectual particle, which conveys information about the aspect (e.g. perfect, imperfect, habitual) and/or mood (e.g. realis, irrealis, imperative) of the verb. Tense is not marked by verb particles, being usually implicit, although there is a set of auxiliary verbs used to specify tense more precisely. |
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* Imperfect: ''ni'' |
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* Perfect: ''da'' |
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* Imperative, optative, or jussive (any aspect): ''sen'' |
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* Auxiliary: ''ko''; note that a verb phrase cannot end in an auxiliary verb, and so the final verb must use an aspectual particle other than ''ko''; this then acts as the aspectual particle for the entire verb phrase |
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== Example sentences == |
== Example sentences == |
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