Difference between revisions of "Western Abenaki and English/Contrastive Grammar"
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| − | ===First Person Possessive=== | + | ===First Person Possessive, First Person Subject=== |
| − | In Western Abenaki, the first person | + | In Western Abenaki, the first person possessive marker is a prefixed ''n'''. In English, this is simply the word "my." Similarly, a first person subject is marked on a verb with the same prefixed ''n'''. In English, this is the word "I." |
| − | + | **''N'cape'' - my coffee | |
| + | ***^cape<n><nn><px1sg>/coffee<n><px1sg>$ | ||
| + | ***the "my" will be extracted in the Structural Transfer lab | ||
| + | **''n’wlômawaldamen'' - I believe | ||
| + | ***^n’wlômawaldamen<vb><tv><nn><s_sg1>/I believe<vb><s_sg1> | ||
Revision as of 14:46, 27 April 2023
Contents
Animacy
Nouns and verbs are tagged with animacy, and there are different verbs depending on whether the subject/object are animate or inanimate.
Noun Animacy
Verb Animacy
Plural Agreement
Adjectives and verbs must agree with the relevant noun in plurality
Adjective Plurality
Verb Plurality
First Person Possessive, First Person Subject
In Western Abenaki, the first person possessive marker is a prefixed n. In English, this is simply the word "my." Similarly, a first person subject is marked on a verb with the same prefixed n. In English, this is the word "I."
- N'cape - my coffee
- ^cape<n><nn><px1sg>/coffee<n><px1sg>$
- the "my" will be extracted in the Structural Transfer lab
- n’wlômawaldamen - I believe
- ^n’wlômawaldamen<vb><tv><nn><s_sg1>/I believe<vb><s_sg1>
- N'cape - my coffee
