Amis/Grammar
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Amis Grammar
Contents
Forms of a Verb
Regular Verbs
Irregular verbs
Instrumental Applicative
Locative Applicative
| Goal | mi-...-an | ||
| Patient | mi-...-an | -um-...-an | ka-...-an |
| Location | pi-...-an | ka-...-um-...-an | ka-...-an |
- ulah<v><loc> ↔ kaulahan
- diput<v><loc> ↔ pidiputan
- adup<v><loc> ↔ piadupan
- adup<v><loc> ↔ miadupan
- repel<v><loc> ↔ mirepelan
- cikay<v><loc> ↔ micikayan
Factual Mood
The factual mood indicates factuality. This is marked with the suffix «ay».
- kalat<v><actv><> ↔ mikalatay
- palu<v><> ↔ mapaluay
- kuhting<gpr> ↔ kuhtingay
- tata'ak<gpr><> ↔ tata'akay
- tusa<num><pl><> ↔ tatusaay
Irrealis Mood
Imperative Mood
Clause Structures
Sentence Structure
- Amis is a predicate-initial language.
