Difference between revisions of "Eastern Burushaski and English/Contrastive Grammar"
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* {{transferTest|bsk|eng|d̪aa šaam meey bila. | It gets dark again.}} ( #and #evening #become.IPFV #be.) | * {{transferTest|bsk|eng|d̪aa šaam meey bila. | It gets dark again.}} ( #and #evening #become.IPFV #be.) | ||
* {{transferTest|bsk|eng|it̪e paad̪šaa buc̣ bila. | That is the oriental plane of the king.}} ( #that #king #oriental.plane.(tree.species) #be.) | * {{transferTest|bsk|eng|it̪e paad̪šaa buc̣ bila. | That is the oriental plane of the king.}} ( #that #king #oriental.plane.(tree.species) #be.) | ||
| + | * {{transferTest|bsk|eng|ine paad̪šaa t̪alo yuu bam. | That king had seven sons.}} (#that #king #seven #sons #be.) | ||
| − | Shown in these examples, the copula is consistently placed at the end of the sentence, while in English, it follows | + | Shown in these examples, the copula is consistently placed at the end of the sentence, while in English, it usually follows the subject. |
===Case Marking=== | ===Case Marking=== | ||
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| + | *{{transferTest|bsk|eng|eer{{tag|prn}}{{tag|pers}}{{tag|p3}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|dat}} }} | ||
| + | *{{transferTest|bsk|eng|gušpurate{{tag|n}}{{tag| }} | ||
===Postpositions=== | ===Postpositions=== | ||
Revision as of 13:29, 4 April 2019
Contents
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:
- (bsk) e tis amana baa. → (eng) I made a mistake. (#I #mistake #I# become #be.)
- (bsk) aa ine gane t̪ayaar baa. → (eng) I am ready for him ( #I #that #for.the.sake.of #ready #be.)
In these examples, it is evident that the Burushaski sentences contain different first-person pronouns while English uses "I" in both cases.
Verb Final
Burushaski is a SOV language, while English is SVO. This difference can be accounted or by changing the word order.
- (bsk) d̪aa šaam meey bila. → (eng) It gets dark again. ( #and #evening #become.IPFV #be.)
- (bsk) it̪e paad̪šaa buc̣ bila. → (eng) That is the oriental plane of the king. ( #that #king #oriental.plane.(tree.species) #be.)
- (bsk) ine paad̪šaa t̪alo yuu bam. → (eng) That king had seven sons. (#that #king #seven #sons #be.)
Shown in these examples, the copula is consistently placed at the end of the sentence, while in English, it usually follows the subject.
Case Marking
- (bsk) eer<prn><pers><p3><sg><dat> → (eng) {{{4}}}
- {{transferTest|bsk|eng|gušpurate<n>< >
