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Order of Person Markers on the Verb
Language:
Yimas
Feature:
Order of Person Markers on the Verb
by
Anna Siewierska
Value:
Both orders of A and P occur
Examples
Sentence igt-24:
pu-n-tay
pu-n-tay
3pl
.
p
-
3sg
.
a
-see
He saw them.
Sentence igt-25:
pu-ka-tay
pu-ka-tay
3pl
.
a
-
1sg
.
a
-see
I saw them.
Sentence igt-473:
kampan-tay
kampan-tay
1sg
.
a
.
2sg
.
p
-see
I saw you.
Sentence igt-577:
pu-ŋa-tay
pu-ŋa-tay
3pl
.
a
-
1sg
.
p
-see
They saw me.
Sentence igt-578:
ma-ŋa-tay
ma-ŋa-tay
2sg
.
a
-
1sg
.
p
-see
You saw me.
References
Foley 1991
cite
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