Difference between revisions of "Chechen and English/Contrastive Grammar"
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*{{transferTest|che|eng|Ас|I}} | *{{transferTest|che|eng|Ас|I}} | ||
::{{transferMorphTest|che|eng|ас{{tag|prn}}{{tag|pers}}{{tag|p1}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|erg}}|I{{tag|prn}}{{tag|pers}}{{tag|p1}}{{tag|mf}}{{tag|sg}}}} | ::{{transferMorphTest|che|eng|ас{{tag|prn}}{{tag|pers}}{{tag|p1}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|erg}}|I{{tag|prn}}{{tag|pers}}{{tag|p1}}{{tag|mf}}{{tag|sg}}}} | ||
+ | *{{transferTest|che|eng|иза|he}} | ||
::{{transferMorphTest|che|eng|иза{{tag|prn}}{{tag|pers}}{{tag|p3}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|abs}}|he{{tag|prn}}{{tag|pers}}{{tag|p3}}{{tag|m}}{{tag|sg}}}} | ::{{transferMorphTest|che|eng|иза{{tag|prn}}{{tag|pers}}{{tag|p3}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|abs}}|he{{tag|prn}}{{tag|pers}}{{tag|p3}}{{tag|m}}{{tag|sg}}}} | ||
− | + | ==Word Order== | |
+ | English is a SVO language and Chechen is a SOV language, which means both lexical verbs and copular verbs occur sentence-finally. | ||
+ | *{{transferTest|che|eng|сан цӀе Иван ю.|My name is Ivan.}} | ||
+ | ::{{transferMorphTest|che|eng|сан{{tag|prn}}{{tag|pers}}{{tag|p1}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|gen}} цӀе{{tag|n}}{{tag|cl_j}}{{tag|abs}}{{tag|sg}} Иван{{tag|np}}{{tag|ant}}{{tag|abs}}{{tag|sg}} ю{{tag|v}}{{tag|cpl}}{{tag|cl_j}}|my{{tag|det}}{{tag|p1}}{{tag|mf}}{{tag|sg}}{{tag|pos}} name{{tag|n}}{{tag|sg}} is{{tag|vbser}}{{tag|pres}}{{tag|p3}}{{tag|sg}} Ivan{{tag|np}}{{tag|ant}}{{tag|m}}{{tag|sg}}}} | ||
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[[Category:Sp19_ContrastiveGrammars]] | [[Category:Sp19_ContrastiveGrammars]] | ||
[[Category:English]] | [[Category:English]] | ||
[[Category:Chechen]] | [[Category:Chechen]] |
Revision as of 20:38, 3 April 2019
Gender of Pronouns
In Chechen, there is no distinction of male/female gender in pronouns but this distinction exists in English
- (che) Ас → (eng) I
- (che) ас<prn><pers><p1><sg><erg> → (eng) I<prn><pers><p1><mf><sg>
- (che) иза → (eng) he
- (che) иза<prn><pers><p3><sg><abs> → (eng) he<prn><pers><p3><m><sg>
Word Order
English is a SVO language and Chechen is a SOV language, which means both lexical verbs and copular verbs occur sentence-finally.
- (che) сан цӀе Иван ю. → (eng) My name is Ivan.
- (che) сан<prn><pers><p1><sg><gen> цӀе<n><cl_j><abs><sg> Иван<np><ant><abs><sg> ю<v><cpl><cl_j> → (eng) my<det><p1><mf><sg><pos> name<n><sg> is<vbser><pres><p3><sg> Ivan<np><ant><m><sg>