Difference between revisions of "Munsee and English/Contrastive Grammar"

Revision as of 16:33, 10 April 2025

Munsee uses a special locative suffix (-ung), which turns a noun into a location and adding meanings such as:

This is different from English, which uses separate prepositional words (e.g. "at" "in" "on").

(umu) amoxoolung → (eng) in the boat
(umu) amoxoolung<nn><aa><sg><loc> → (eng) in<pr> the<det><def><sp> boat<n><sg>

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 * {{transferTest|umu|eng|amoxoolung|in the boat}}
-*: {{transferMorphTest|umu|eng|amoxoolung{{tag|prn}}{{tag|pers}}{{tag|p1}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|nom}}|in{{tag|prn}}{{tag|pers}}{{tag|p1}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|nom}} the{{tag|prn}}{{tag|pers}}{{tag|p3}}{{tag|m}}{{tag|acc}} boat{{tag|v}}{{tag|tv}}{{tag|fut}}{{tag|p1}}{{tag|sg}}}}
+*: {{transferMorphTest|umu|eng|amoxoolung{{tag|nn}}{{tag|aa}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|loc}}|in{{tag|pr}} the{{tag|det}}{{tag|def}}{{tag|sp}} boat{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}}}}
 === Obviative ===