English and Nivkh/Contrastive Grammar

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niv-eng tests

  • Future tag becomes "will"
  • cvb_nar should turn into "-ing"
  • We make verbs without future tag past tense
  • Nivkh is SOV and English is SVO
  • Make relative clauses work


Examples

  • (niv) иф иғдь. → (eng) He killed him
    (niv) иф<prn><pers><p3><sg> иғ<v><tv><ind> → (eng) prpers<prn><p3><m><subj><sg> kill<vblex><ind> prpers<prn><p3><m>}<obj><sg>
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