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=Impersonal Verbs= | |||
Impersonal Verbs use the indefinite pronominal prefix | |||
=Unaccusative and Unergative Verbs= | |||
In Siye, unaccusative verbs have the syntactic form of the reflexives, but the verb root is intransitive. | In Siye, unaccusative verbs have the syntactic form of the reflexives, but the verb root is intransitive. | ||
Latest revision as of 05:18, 6 June 2014
Impersonal Verbs
Impersonal Verbs use the indefinite pronominal prefix
Unaccusative and Unergative Verbs
In Siye, unaccusative verbs have the syntactic form of the reflexives, but the verb root is intransitive.
layeke isupunuma.
layeke-0 i-su-pu-nu-ma
girl-ABS 3-move.IMPFV-SG-DIR.SUB-IMPFV
The girl will go down.
layeke umhisupunuma.
layeke-0 um-i-su-pu-nu-ma
girl-ABS REFL-3-move.IMPFV-SG-DIR.SUB-IMPFV
The girl will fall.
Tom umhisupunuma.
Tom-0 um-i-su-pu-nu-ma
Tom-NOM 3-move.IMPFV-SG-DIR.SUB-IMPFV
Tom will fall.
Unergative verbs, on the other hand, invert the pronominal prefixes of the pseudo-passive by placing the indefinite pronoun in the
object slot and the relevant personal pronoun in the subject slot.
layekeya musupoputuma
layeke-ya mu-i-supo-pu-tu-ma
girl-ERG INDEF-3-move.fast-SG-DIR.ALL-IMPFV
The girl runs fast.
Tom musupoputuma
Tom-0 mu-i-supo-pu-tu-ma
Tom-NOM INDEF-3-move.fast-SG-DIR.ALL-IMPFV
Tom runs fast.
