Amilin: Difference between revisions
→Morphology: aspectual particles
PraxisHelper (talk | contribs) (more info and corrections) |
PraxisHelper (talk | contribs) (→Morphology: aspectual particles) |
||
Line 217:
* Nominative: unmarked or ''siba'' depending on position in the phrase
* Vocative: unmarked subject of a verb in the optative-imperative mood
* Accusative: ''lef'' before a word starting with a vowel, ''le'' otherwise
* Genitive: unmarked, ''lin'', or ''le lin'' depending on position in the phrase
* Dative: ''de'', also used for expressing inalienable or abstract possession or ownership
Line 227:
* Adverbial-Comparative: ''folgu''
* Evidential: ''kosalo''
==== Aspectual particles ====
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.
* Imperfect: ''ni''
* Perfect: ''da''
* Imperative, optative, or jussive (any aspect): ''sen''
* 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
== Example sentences ==
| |||