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2. Sowar noun phrases
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3. Sowar nouns
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4. Sowar phonology
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5. Sowạr predicatives
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6. Sowar pronouns
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7. Sowar scratchpad
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8. Sowar verb phrase
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9. Sowar verbs
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Abgjeb jelbwer ykan: i went to buy a goat
Abgjeb jelbweran ykan: I went and bought a goat
Kasyr ġà i halụ.
The boy that saw the hare
Amurki rà kasyr ġà i halụ.
The boy that saw the hare is Amurki
Amurki sa là kasyr ġà i halụ.
The boy that saw the hare is not Amurki
Hal ru kasyr ġẹn ďà?
Hal
boy.ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient r=u
FOCFocus (syntactic)
shows new or contrastive information=INTERRInterrogative mood (mood)
asks questions kasyr
hare.ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient ġẹn
see ď=à
IPFVImperfective (aspect)
'interrupted or incomplete'=3AThird person animate (person)
he/she/they, not it
Which boy is seeing the hare?
Kasyr ġẹn ďu halụ?
kasyr
hare.ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient ġẹn
see ď=u
IPFVImperfective (aspect)
'interrupted or incomplete'=INTIntelligent (gender/class)
Sentient beings hal-ụ
boy-NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument
Is the boy seeing the hare?
Kasyr ġun?
kasyr
hare.ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient ġ=un
see=INTIntelligent (gender/class)
Sentient beings.2Second person (person)
addressee (you)
Did you see the hare?
Kasyr dẹn ranġu ďà?
kasyr
hare.ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient ġẹn
see ranġu
who.NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument ď=u
IPFVImperfective (aspect)
'interrupted or incomplete'=INTIntelligent (gender/class)
Sentient beings
Who is seeing the hare?
Ġẹn qa ďu halụ?
dẹn
see qa
who.ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient ď=u
IPFVImperfective (aspect)
'interrupted or incomplete'=INTIntelligent (gender/class)
Sentient beings hal-ụ
boy-NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument
Who is the boy seeing?
Dẹn si ďu halụ?
dẹn
see si
what.ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient ď=u
IPFVImperfective (aspect)
'interrupted or incomplete'=INTIntelligent (gender/class)
Sentient beings hal-ụ
boy-NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument
What is the boy seeing?
Kasyr ranġu ďu?
kasyr
hare.ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient ranġu
who.NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument ď=u
see=INTIntelligent (gender/class)
Sentient beings
Who saw the hare?
Si ďu halụ?
si
what.ACCAccusative (case)
TRANS direct object; patient ď=u
see=INTIntelligent (gender/class)
Sentient beings hal-ụ
boy-NOMNominative (case)
TRANS subject, INTR argument
What did the boy see?
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