Amis/Grammar

Amis Grammar

Forms of a Verb

Irregular verbs

Instrumental Applicative

Instumental Applicative

sa-pi-

sa-ka-

sa-ka...-um-

• adup<v><ins><> ↔ sapiadup
• sanga<v><ins><> ↔ masapisanga
• tukas<v><ins><><neg> ↔ kasapitukas

Locative Applicative

Locative Applicative Markers and Co-occuring Affixes

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

Clause Structures

Sentence Structure

• Amis is a predicate-initial language.