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A transitive clause with various configurations of pronominal elements: |
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but NOT |
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| − | *ten anafan / ten anafun |
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Pronominal object for all 6 person/numbers: |
Pronominal object for all 6 person/numbers: |
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| − | + | anafaxam = ‘he hits me’ |
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<br> |
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anafang = ‘he hits you (sg.)’ |
anafang = ‘he hits you (sg.)’ |
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anafa den = ‘he hits them’ |
anafa den = ‘he hits them’ |
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Both full NPs: |
Both full NPs: |
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ten ci’axaam oten |
ten ci’axaam oten |
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‘He gives it to me’ |
‘He gives it to me’ |
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Note: need to check vowel length in -an/-aan and -axam/-axaam suffixes. |
Note: need to check vowel length in -an/-aan and -axam/-axaam suffixes. |
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Latest revision as of 09:17, 6 December 2012
Monotransitive Clauses
A transitive clause with various configurations of pronominal elements:
Full NPs:
Jegaan anafa a Maalik
‘Jegaan hits Maalik’
Object pronominalized:
Jegaan anafan
“Jegaan hits him”
Subject pronominalized:
anafa a Maalik
‘He hits Maalik’
Both pronominalized:
anafan
“He hits him”
OR
ten nafun
but NOT
X*ten anafan / X*ten anafun
Pronominal object for all 6 person/numbers:
anafaxam = ‘he hits me’
anafang = ‘he hits you (sg.)’
anafan = ‘he hits him’
anafa ‘in = ‘he hits us’
anafa nuun = ‘he hits you (pl.)’
anafa den = ‘he hits them’
Ditransitive clauses
Both full NPs:
Maalik aci’a a Jegaan obal ole
‘Maalik gives Jegaan the ball’
Pronominalized DO:
Maalik aci’aan a Jegaan
‘Maalik gives it to Jegaan’
OR ‘Maalik gives Jegaan to it’ (semantically odd, but grammatical)
Pronominalized IO:
Maalik aci’aan obal ole
‘Maalik gives him the ball’
OR ‘Maalik gives him to the ball’ (semantically odd, but grammatical)
All pronominalized:
aci’aan oten
‘He gives it to him’
Different IO:
ten ci’axaam oten
‘He gives it to me’
Note: need to check vowel length in -an/-aan and -axam/-axaam suffixes.
