Hngatil grammar: Difference between revisions
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# '''Semiliterative''' - an action that is repeated many times over a short period of time, and is analyzed as a single action - often associated with vibrating, bending, or rolling objects, and often has a present implication | # '''Semiliterative''' - an action that is repeated many times over a short period of time, and is analyzed as a single action - often associated with vibrating, bending, or rolling objects, and often has a present implication | ||
A list of all aspectual suffix forms is shown below; | A list of all aspectual suffix forms is shown below; | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+ | |||
!Aspect | |||
!Pfct. | |||
!Mnt. | |||
!Prs. | |||
!Hb. | |||
!Prg. | |||
!St. | |||
!Gn. | |||
!Cnt. | |||
!Inch. | |||
!Cs. | |||
!Iter. | |||
!Segm. | |||
!Rev. | |||
!Sr. | |||
!Rev. | |||
!Dstr. | |||
!Slt. | |||
|- | |||
!Form | |||
| -(a)tya | |||
| -(a)kka | |||
| -(a)lu(u) | |||
| -(a)gbu(u) | |||
| -(a)ya | |||
| -(a)tka | |||
| -(a)hnu(u) | |||
| -(a)r | |||
| -(a)wag | |||
| -(a)nnya | |||
| -(a)nyma | |||
| -(a)ba | |||
| -(a)t | |||
| -(a)k'a | |||
| -(a)kpa | |||
| -(a)ng | |||
| -(a)p | |||
|} | |||
=== Irregular and defective verbs === | === Irregular and defective verbs === | ||
Many Hngatil verbs, particularly the most common verbs, are irregular and defective in aspects marking. Contrary to one what might expect, the verb meaning to be only can be conjugated for the perfective and progressive aspects, though it changes | Many Hngatil verbs, particularly the most common verbs, are irregular and defective in aspects marking. Contrary to one what might expect, the verb meaning to be only can be conjugated for the perfective and progressive aspects, though it changes for other factors. | ||
== Nominal morphology == | == Nominal morphology == | ||