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Incorporation of patients into the verb
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Noun IncorporationNouns can be incorporated into verbs if they are patients. This has a similar effect as to using the indefinite article in English.
Samásen cír
Ø-s-a-más-en
PFVPerfective (aspect)
completed action-1First person (person)
speaker, signer, etc; I>3Third person (person)
neither speaker nor addressee-ACTActive voice (valency, volition)
the subject acts, voluntarily-see-DIREDirect evidential (evidentiality)
speaker has direct knowledge Ø-cír
TRNTransnumeral (number)
number is unspecified-person
I see a/the person
Atacírmásen
Ø-at-a-cír-más-en
PFVPerfective (aspect)
completed action-1First person (person)
speaker, signer, etc; I.ABSAbsolutive (case)
TRANS object, INTR argument-ACTActive voice (valency, volition)
the subject acts, voluntarily-person-see-DIREDirect evidential (evidentiality)
speaker has direct knowledge
I see a person ✎ Edit Article ✖ Delete Article
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