Difference between revisions of "Eastern Burushaski and English/Contrastive Grammar"
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| + | English is a nom/acc language while Burushaski is an erg/abs language. A such, Burushaski treats the object of transitive verbs like the subject of intransitive verbs, while English treats the subjects of these two types of verbs similarly and distinguishes the object. | ||
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| + | *e tis amana baa. "I made a mistake" --> do #mistake #I# become #be. | ||
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Ergative/Absolutive
English is a nom/acc language while Burushaski is an erg/abs language. A such, Burushaski treats the object of transitive verbs like the subject of intransitive verbs, while English treats the subjects of these two types of verbs similarly and distinguishes the object.
Examples:
- e tis amana baa. "I made a mistake" --> do #mistake #I# become #be.
