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11. Morphology of Ame
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Resultatives in
Ame language is formed by putting the resultative phrase directly after the object of the verb, without the use of adpositions or other markers. The resultative phrase can be an adjective, a prepositional phrase, or a particle, among others.For example:
- tame hayo da keimo kaa - 3Third person (person)
neither speaker nor addressee.SGSingular (number)
one countable entity push DEFDefinite
"the" stone down - he pushed the stone down(in this case da keimo "the stone" is the object, kaa "down" is the resultative phrase)
- tame touso da keimo ta da koza - 3Third person (person)
neither speaker nor addressee.SGSingular (number)
one countable entity throw DEFDefinite
"the" stone to DEFDefinite
"the" house - he throw the stone to the house(in this case da keimo "the stone" is the object, ta da koza "to the house" is the resultative phrase)
- tame ekato da koza wakanishi - 3Third person (person)
neither speaker nor addressee.SGSingular (number)
one countable entity paint DEFDefinite
"the" house be.red - he painted the house red(in this case da koza "the house" is the object, wakanishi "be red" is the resultative phrase)
- da neri orako kaa - DEFDefinite
"the" apple fall down - the apple fell down(in this case da neri "the apple" is the object, kaa "down" is the resultative phrase)
- da neri orako ema ta tamene kari - DEFDefinite
"the" apple fall above to head-3Third person (person)
neither speaker nor addressee.SGSingular (number)
one countable entity - the apple fell onto his head(in this case da neri "the apple" is the object, ema ta tamene kari "his/her/its head" is the resultative phrase)
- da manezo seto nadji - DEFDefinite
"the" lake freeze be.solid - the lake froze solid(in this case da manezo "the lake" is the object, nadji "be solid" is the resultative phrase) ✎ Edit Article ✖ Delete Article
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