Sowar verb phrase
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auxiliary and serial verbs
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Sowar has both serial and auxiliary verbs. They differ in their aspectual and plural inflection, auxiliaries are inflected instead of the main verb, while serial verbs has both verbs inflected.
Durative
Durative is marked with the verb ďen/ď-, and is is used for the progressive and continuous aspects. It is not used with intransitive verbs.
Kasvr g°ẹn d'â hal°.
kasvr
hare.ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient g°ẹn
see d'=â
IPFVImperfective (aspect)
'interrupted or incomplete'=3HUMUnknown code hal-ụ
boy-NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument
The boy is looking at the hare
Kasvr g°enâ hal°.
kasvr
hare.ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient g°en=â
see=3AThird person animate (person)
he/she/they, not it hal-ụ
boy-NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument
The boy saw the hare
Passive
The verb wex/w- is used with transitive verbs to form passive constructions.
Ġẹn wà halụ.
Ġẹn
see wà
get=3HUMUnknown code hal-ụ
boy-NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument
The boy was seen
Ġẹġen wewxà halụ.
ġe-ġẹn
COLCollective (number)
'group or mass entity'.PLPlural (number)
more than one/few-see we-wx=à
COLCollective (number)
'group or mass entity'.PLPlural (number)
more than one/few-get=3HUMUnknown code hal-ụ
boy-NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument
The boys were seen
Besẹk bosans ustà wasụnrụ.
The girl gave the book to the woman.
Bes bosans usti rà wasụnrụ.
The girl gave the woman the book.
Besẹk wasụnrek ra ustị bosans.
The book was given to the woman by the girl.
Bosans wasụnrek ra usti wà besụ.
The woman was given the book by the girl.
Causative
Visual
Kasyr bobjos qenlà
they hunted hares (i saw it)
Auditory
Kasyr bobjos akà
hal
boy.ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient bo-bjos
PLPlural (number)
more than one/few-hunt ak=à
AUDAuditory evidential (evidential)
information gained from hearing=3AThird person animate (person)
he/she/they, not it
They hunted hares (i heard them)
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