Difference between revisions of "Japhug/Japhug and English/Contrastive grammar"
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* {{transferTest|jya|eng|βzaŋsa tonɯpandʑi.|(They) made friends (with each other).}} | * {{transferTest|jya|eng|βzaŋsa tonɯpandʑi.|(They) made friends (with each other).}} | ||
| − | : {{transferMorphTest|jya|eng|βzaŋsa{{tag|n}}{{tag|ind}} tonɯpandʑi{{tag|v}}{{tag|du}}|They{{tag|prn}}{{tag|sbj}}{{tag|pl}} made{{tag|vblex}} friends{{tag|n}}{{tag|pl}}}} | + | \t : {{transferMorphTest|jya|eng|βzaŋsa{{tag|n}}{{tag|ind}} tonɯpandʑi{{tag|v}}{{tag|du}}|They{{tag|prn}}{{tag|sbj}}{{tag|pl}} made{{tag|vblex}} friends{{tag|n}}{{tag|pl}}}} |
| − | (Note: Japhug intransitive verbs require an object but not a subject, unlike in English.) | + | \t (Note: Japhug intransitive verbs require an object but not a subject, unlike in English.) |
* {{transferTest|jya|eng|kɯkɯra xuexiao ɲɯrganɯ.|Those (the children) like school.}} | * {{transferTest|jya|eng|kɯkɯra xuexiao ɲɯrganɯ.|Those (the children) like school.}} | ||
Revision as of 15:27, 20 April 2023
For clauses with transitive verbs, in Japhug the object generally precedes the verb (and follows the subject). In English however the object follows the verb.
- (jya) βzaŋsa tonɯpandʑi. → (eng) (They) made friends (with each other).
\t : (jya) βzaŋsa<n><ind> tonɯpandʑi<v><du> → (eng) They<prn><sbj><pl> made<vblex> friends<n><pl>
\t (Note: Japhug intransitive verbs require an object but not a subject, unlike in English.)
- (jya) kɯkɯra xuexiao ɲɯrganɯ. → (eng) Those (the children) like school.
- (jya) kɯkɯra<dem><prox><pl> xuexiao<n><ind> ɲɯrganɯ<v><sens><pl> → (eng) These<dem><prox><pl> like<vblex> school<n>
- Japhug generally uses postpositions, whereas English uses prepositions.
- The negation prefix and causative prefixes in Japhug would generally need to be expressed using separate words in English, like "not" or "cause to".
- Japhug verbs can have number suffixes that agree with the subject, that can obviate an explicit object in the clause. An equivalent English clause would require an explicit object like "them" or "them both" to express the same thing.
- (No hard rule) Certain adverbs in English (like "together") generally come after the verb, whereas their equivalents in Japhug generally come before.
