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title: Lántas verbs
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backname: Lántas
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backlink: ../laantas
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...
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__TODO: intro__
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The infinitive is unmarked (but always ends in a vowel), and is the citation form for verbs as well as being used in several constructions.
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# Tense
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There is a distinction between two different past tenses, _recent_ and _distant_ past. The recent past is most commonly used, while the distant past is used to denote an action happening further in the past than to another action already expressed using the recent.
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Stories are narrated in the present tense.
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:::figure
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------------------------ ----------
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Distant past `!(DPST)!` `{–sai}`
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Recent past `!(RPST)!` `{–si}`
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Present `!(PRS)!` `{–}`
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Future `!(FUT)!` `{–má}`
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------------------------ ----------
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:::
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:::glosses
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- Þasim kalńḿt jaðí.
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- þasi-m kalń-ḿ-t jaðí
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- dog-DEF cat-DEF-GEN love;PRS
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- The dog loves the cat.
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- Þasim kalńḿt jaðísi.
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- þasim kalńḿt jaðí-si
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- the:dog the:cat love-RPST
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- The dog loved the cat.
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- Þasim kalńḿt jaðísai.
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- þasim kalńḿt jaðí-sai
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- the:dog the:cat love-DPST
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- The dog had loved the cat (until …).
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- Þasim kalńḿt jaðímá.
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- þasim kalńḿt jaðí-má
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- the:dog the:cat love-FUT
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- The dog will love the cat.
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# Person
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These suffixes are used instead of pronouns (but not nouns) in the subject
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and object positions. The subject suffix comes before the object. For the
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plural, the vowel is lengthened and `{–š}` is added (e.g. `{–na}` to `{–náš}`).
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Just like with the [pronouns](#pronouns), the first person plurals `{–náš}`
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and `{–dúš}` can only be used with an inclusive meaning. The exclusive sense
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is expressed by using conjunctions of pronouns instead of suffixes.
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:::figure
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`!1!` `!2!` `!3!`
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------------------ -------- -------- --------
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Subject `!(SBJ)!` `{–na}` `{–ha}` `{–fa}`
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Object `!(OBJ)!` `{–du}` `{–gu}` `{–bu}`
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------------------ -------- -------- --------
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:::
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:::glosses
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- Bairunagu.
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- bairu-**na**-**gu**
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- see-1SG;SBJ-2SG;OBJ
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- I see you.
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- Þasim bairunáš.
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- þasi-m bairu-**náš**
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- dog-DEF see-1PL;SBJ
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- We see the dog.
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- Þasim bairudúš.
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- þasi-m bairu-**dúš**
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- dog-DEF see-1PL;OBJ
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- The dog sees us.
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# Voice
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There is a four way voice distinction. The voice markers are placed between the tense and person markers.
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- The _active_ voice is the default form of the verb and does not modify the roles of the arguments.
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- The _passive_ voice promotes the direct object of the verb to subject position, leaving the former subject role unspecified. There is no way to specify the agent (i.e., no equivalent to _by_); to merely emphasise the object but keep the subject specified, the object can be moved to the beginning of the clause.
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- The _reflexive_ voice indicates that the subject(s) act on themselves.
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- The _reciprocal_ voice indicates that the subjects act on each other.
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:::figure
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Active `!(ACT)!` `{–}`
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Passive `!(PSV)!` `{–lú}`
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Reflexive `!(RFL)!` `{–sidu}`
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Reciprocal `!(RCP)!` `{–lði}`
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:::glosses
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- Þasimat tassána.
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- þasimat tassá-na
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- the:dog wash-1SG
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- I wash the dog.
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- Þasim tassálú.
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- þasim tassá-**lú**
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- the:dog wash-PSV
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- The dog is washed.
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- Tassásiduna.
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- tassá-**sidu**-na
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- wash-RFL-1SG
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- I wash myself.
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- Tassálðináš.
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- tassá-**lði**-náš
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- wash-RCP-1PL
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- We wash each other.
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# Negative
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__TODO__
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`{--tul}`
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# Nominal forms
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A verb stem can also be used as a noun: for example, `{šikkú}` both means 'to
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go' and 'an act of going'. The definite plural is also used to mean the act in
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a general sense. The definite form is also used for the verb of content
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clauses, for example indirect quotations, and with auxiliary verbs such as
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modals.
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:::glosses
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- hipsamł
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- hipsa-m-ł
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- solve_problem-DEF-PL
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- logic (the general act of problem solving)
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- Fíra fuham suasifa.
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- fíra fuha-m sua-si-fa
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- air blow-DEF say-RPST-3SG
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- He said it was windy.
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- Šikkúnamat ušminatul.
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- šikkú-na-m-at ušmi-na-tul
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- go-1SG-DEF-GEN want-1SG-NEG
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- I don't want to go.
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# Modifier forms
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A verb form can be suffixed with `{–ja}` to turn it into a noun modifier. This
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is used to make relative clauses.
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:::glosses
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- þasim bairuja ausut kášńḿ
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- þasi-m bairu-ja ausu-t kášń-ḿ
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- dog-DEF see-REL size-GEN lizard-DEF
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- the big lizard that the dog sees
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- þasimat bairuja ausut kášńḿ
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- þasim-at bairu-ja ausut kášńḿ
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- the:dog-GEN see-REL big the:lizard
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- the lizard that sees the dog
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A relative clause can be made into a noun phrase of its own with `{–ð}`,
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meaning 'the one who \_\_\_\_'.
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:::glosses
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- kášńł bairujað
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- kášń-ł bairu-ja-ð
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- lizard-PL see-REL-NOM
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- the one who sees lizards
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# Pro-verbs
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Pro-verbs are placeholders standing in for verb phrases; they are the verb equivalent of pronouns.
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The word for 'to do this' is `{mai}`, related to the [pronoun] `{mua}`. There
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are also `{lai}` and `{þai}`, which are used only when contrasting between two
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options.
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[pronoun]: prons.html#demonstratives
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:::glosses
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- Naranášḿ iš lut saunusam gibanášḿ fulla.
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- nara-náš-ḿ iš lut_saunu-sa-m giba-náš-ḿ fulla
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- walk-1PL-DEF or bus-AD-DEF ride-1PL-DEF can
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- We can walk or take the bus.
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- *Laim* iš *þaim* ušmiha?
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- lai-m iš þai-m ušmi-ha
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- do_this-DEF or do_that-DEF want-2SG
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- Which do you want to do?
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- Þaim ušmina.
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- þai-m ušmi-na
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- do_this-DEF want-1SG
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- I want to take the bus.
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There is also a negative pro-verb `{tulla}`, 'to not do this/that'.
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# Polar questions
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Polar (yes/no) questions add a `{–ǧi}` clitic on the word or phrase being
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questioned. The word being questioned receives the primary stress. If there is
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no particular focus for the question, it is attached to the final word of the
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sentence.
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:::glosses
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- Inlantimsasǧi šikkúmáha?
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- inlanti-m-sa-s-ǧi šikkú-má-ha
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- england-DEF-AD-LAT-QU go-FUT-2SG
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- Are you going to england (vs going somewhere else)?
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- Surǧi inlantimsas šikkúmá?
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- sur-ǧi inlantimsas šikkúmá
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- 2SG-QU to:england will:go
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- Is it you (vs someone else) who is going to england?
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- Inlantimsas šikkúmáhaǧi?
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- inlantimsas šikkúmáha-ǧi
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- to:england you:will:go-QU
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- Are you going to england (vs coming from it)?
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To answer a yes/no question, the verbs `{mai}` or `{tulla}`, respectively, are
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conjugated for person (but not tense, etc). Their literal meaning are as
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[pro-verbs], 'to (not) do this'.
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[pro-verbs]: #pro-verbs
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:::figure
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- `{Inlantimsasǧi šikkúmáha?}`\
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Are you going to england?
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- `{Maina/Tullana.}`\
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Yes, I am/No, I'm not.
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