Amakane Morphology
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This article describes the morphology of Amakane
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Overall, verb forms can be divided into 3 classes:
• The infinitive
• The perfective
• Participles
The citation form of the verb is the infinitive.
The infinitive particle is circum-particle im ta: im nas ta "to kill", im po'en ta "to work".
The verb root is formed by removing the particles.
There is no tense in Amakane, there is simply a perfective marker, i:
In ki i tem.
1SFirst person singular (person)
speaker, signer, etc.; I AUXAuxilliary PFVPerfective (aspect)
completed action do
I did it.
There is no distinction between present and future:
In ki tem.
1SFirst person singular (person)
speaker, signer, etc.; I AUXAuxilliary do
I do/I will do.
However, temporal terms such as "tomorrow" can be added to imply future:
In ki tem kian.
1SFirst person singular (person)
speaker, signer, etc.; I AUXAuxilliary do tomorrow
I will do it tomorrow.
The participle is formed with es:
a ku es pan
DEFDefinite
"the" cow PCPParticiple
adjectival form of a verb fly
The flying cow
The gerund is formed with eo:
Eo nas to.
GERGerund
verbal noun kill bad
Killing is bad.
Nouns are not inflected in Amakane. There is no case. Number is indicated through the definite article:
A ho i ni a isim.
DEFDefinite
"the" cat PFVPerfective (aspect)
completed action eat DEFDefinite
"the" mouse
The cat ate the mouse.
A ne ho i ni a ne isim.
DEFDefinite
"the" DEFDefinite
"the".PLPlural (number)
more than one/few cat PFVPerfective (aspect)
completed action eat DEFDefinite
"the" DEFDefinite
"the".PLPlural (number)
more than one/few mouse
The cats ate the mice.
Plurality can also be indicated with the indefinite article (not used as often):
U ho i ni u isim.
INDEFIndefinite
a nonspecific referent cat eat PFVPerfective (aspect)
completed action INDEFIndefinite
a nonspecific referent mouse
A cat ate a mouse.
U ie ho i ni u ie isim.
INDEFIndefinite
a nonspecific referent INDEFIndefinite
a nonspecific referent.PLPlural (number)
more than one/few cat PFVPerfective (aspect)
completed action eat INDEFIndefinite
a nonspecific referent INDEFIndefinite
a nonspecific referent.PLPlural (number)
more than one/few mouse
Some cats ate some mice.
There is also a possessive particle:
Toekoa an a kam
pincer POSSPossessive (case)
owns, has DEFDefinite
"the" crab
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