Eastern Burushaski and English/Contrastive Grammar

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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.
  • aa ine gane t̪ayaar baa. " I am ready for him" --> #I #that #for.the.sake.of #ready #be.
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