Verbal morphology
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Verbal template



Plural prefix-Interrogative-Negative-Adverbials-VTEM marker-Incorporated noun-Root-Patient-Recipient-Agent

The prefix from hell



SensoryActiveMediopassiveCausative
IndicativeConditionalOptativeIndicativeConditionalOptativeIndicativeConditionalOptative
Far Pasteeraelʼbabarbalʼ
Near Pastererraellʼecjajarjalʼ
Presentrralʼy0twʼslʼbbreblʼ
Near Futureneņnenranenlʼneņcnendʷneņʷlʼnempnemprnemplʼ
Far Futureneřanelʼnecnedʷnekʷlʼnepneprneplʼ

InferentialActiveMediopassiveCausative
IndicativeOptativeIndicativeOptativeIndicativeOptative
Far Pastheheraksʷhappar
Near Pasthecherrahcřtʷhaccar
Presenthřapře
Near Futureenraeņcentʷʼņepkep
Far Futureeeraecetʷepkep

NonfiniteActiveMediopassiveCausative
IndicativeConditionalOptativeIndicativeConditionalOptativeIndicativeConditionalOptative
Past
ro-
ror-
ryl'-
krò-
riro-
riil'-
rpi-
rore-
rool'-
Nonpast
i-
ri-
l'y-
kì-
ri-
t'ʷ-
pi-
ri-
riil'-


Mood


Action vs. process = active vs. mediopassive.

Person marking



Singular
Plural

A
P
D
A
P
D
1
-ņw
-sʼ
-t
-ņtw
-stʼ
-ht
2
-g
-kʼ
-nr
-kt
-hat
-hr
REFL
-q
-ht

-q
-hat

C1
-ow
-nʷ
-na
-a
t- -nen
ł- -nenʷ
C2
-r
-t
-tʼ

t- -nd
ł- -ndʷ
C3
N/A
N/A
N/A
-c
t- -n
ł- -nʷ
C4
-ow
-nʷ
-na
-ow
t- -mb
ł- -ru
C5
-t
-ndon
-tʼa
-tʼ
t- -ah
ł- -ah
C6
-k
-d
-hka
-ow
t- -ŗʷ
ł- -ŗʷ
C7
-st
-s
-sa
-ho
t- -sʷʼ
ł- -sʷʼ
C8
N/A
N/A
N/A

t- -ndʷ
ł- -ndʷ
C9
-st
-s
-sa
-ho
t- -sʷʼ
ł- -sʷʼ


Alignment


There are three person-marking slots on the verb: agent, patient, and secondary patient, glossed D.

When the verb has one argument, this argument can be either A or P: A for voluntary actions and P for involuntary.

Erlgòsow.
er-lgòs-ow
PST-fall-C1.A.SG
"He intentionally fell down."

Erlgòsón.
er-lgòs-nʷ
PST-fall-C1.P.SG
"He accidentally fell down."

When the verb has two arguments, the split is primary/secondary patient and encodes whether the object of the action was affected by it — so in the sentence "I read the book", "book" would be secondary patient unless I, for example, took margin notes. But sometimes this acts like the Finnish telicity distinction: (class 2 is the noun class for most animals, so 'animal' is implicit)

Ercagtow.
er-cag-t-ow
PST-shoot-C2.P.SG-C1.A.SG
"He shot the animal."

Ercagtʼow.
er-cag-tʼ-ow
PST-shoot-C2.D.SG-C1.A.SG
"He shot at the animal [and missed]."

When the verb has three arguments, there's no split: the agent is always the agent, the patient is always the patient, and the third argument (dative, benefactive, locative, whatever) is always the secondary patient.

Reflexives are intransitive, why not. (cf. Rotokas) (Should they govern middle/process voice? Probably not, but they do in Rotokas.)