Verb Coding Frames
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do u talk "to," "at," or "with" someone
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The most common ditransitive structure is marked entirely via word order. The overall word order is typically SXOV, and the prototypical subject is considered leading to a giver-recipient-gift-verb order.
Piă uāi knop tvos tuáth!
piă
3SThird person singular (person)
neither speaker nor addressee.NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument uāi
1SFirst person singular (person)
speaker, signer, etc.; I.OBLOblique (argument)
indirect or demoted object knop
hat tvos
give tuáth
PSTPast (tense)
action occurred before moment of speech.PFVPerfective (aspect)
completed action
They gave me a hat!
Oskán pán arja knop lirua.
Oskán
Oskan pán
3SThird person singular (person)
neither speaker nor addressee.OBLOblique (argument)
indirect or demoted object arja
new knop
hat lirua
show
Oskan is showing them his new hat.
However, when the argument/topic of the ditransitive statement is dropped, the recipient is marked with áin, a locative postposition. This can optionally be included alongside a topic for added clarity.
Párut tái áin engrat pash tuáth.
Párut
Parut tái
1PFirst person plural (person)
we (inclusive or exclusive).EXCLExclusive (person)
speaker's group, not listener.OBLOblique (argument)
indirect or demoted object áin
at/to engrat
yesterday pash
help tuáth
PSTPast (tense)
action occurred before moment of speech.PFVPerfective (aspect)
completed action
Parut helped us yesterday.
The person met or spoken to is marked with a comitative "with" in both cases.
Ptha Súhav eng sthalp áin pán tel kmicen.
Ptha
Ptha Súhav
Suhav eng
GENGenitive (case)
possessive sthalp
house áin
at pán
3SThird person singular (person)
neither speaker nor addressee.OBLOblique (argument)
indirect or demoted object tel
COMComitative (case)
'together with' kmicen
talk
Ptha spoke with Suhav at her house.
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