Difference between revisions of "Kaingang and Portuguese/Contrastive Grammar"
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Revision as of 13:50, 4 April 2019
Five constrastive differences between Portuguese and Kaingang are:
1) Portuguese has gendered nouns, and Kaingang does not.
2) Kaingang has subject markers, and Portuguese does not.
Inh<prn> kósin<n> tỹ<subj><erg> ẽgno<n> vỹ<subj><top>, inh mỹ tũg<v><iv>.
Meu<prn> filho<n><masc> caçula<adj> morreu<v><3p><past?>.
3) Tense is expressed in the verb in Portuguese, and not in Kaingang.
4) Aspect is marked via a verb marker in Kaingang, and is expressed in the noun in Portuguese.
5) Kaingang has post-positions, Portuguese has pre-positions.
Nĩ<v><iv><sg> ra<cir>, ẽprã<cir>!
Senta<v><3p> n<prep>o<det> chão<n><masc>!
