English and Nivkh/Contrastive Grammar
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niv-eng tests
- Future tag becomes "will"
cvb_nar1
should turn into "-ing"- We make verbs without future tag past tense
- Nivkh is SOV and English is SVO
- Make relative clauses work
Examples
Add a "will" before word with future tense
- (niv) иф иғдь. → (eng) He killed him
- (niv) иф<prn><pers><p3><sg> иғ<v><tv><ind> .<sent> → (eng) prpers<prn><p3><m><subj><sg> kill<vblex><ind> prpers<prn><p3><m><obj><sg> .<sent>
- (niv) иф иғныдь. → (eng) He will kill him
- (niv) иф<prn><pers><p3><sg> иғ<v><tv><fut><ind> .<sent> → (eng) prpers<prn><p3><m><subj><sg> will<vbmod><pres> kill<vblex><inf> prpers<prn><p3><m><obj><sg> .<sent>
Relative Clauses
- (niv) нивхӄʼатумгу пʼудь. → (eng) the woman who scolded the man went out.
- (niv) нивх<n> ӽат<v><tv> умгу<n> пʼу<v><iv><ind> .<sent> → (eng) the<det><def><sp> woman<n><sg> who<prn><rel><an><mf><sp> scold<vblex><past> the<det><def><sp> man<n><sg> go out<vblex><past> .<sent>
- (niv) ытык пʼызнивхордь. → (eng) father met the man who had called him.
- (niv) ытык<n> пʼи<prn><poss><ref> ыз<v><tv> нивх<n> ор<v><tv><ind> .<sent> → (eng) father<n> meet<vblex><past> the<det><def><sp> man<n><sg> who<prn><rel><an><mf><sp> have<vbhaver><past> call<vblex><pp> prpers<prn><p3><m><obj><sg>.<sent>
Converbs end with "-ing" in english
- (niv) ӿоӻор озр видь. → (eng) then, standing up, he went away.
- (niv) ӿоӻор<cnjadv> оз<v><iv><cvb_nar1><p3><sg> ви<v><tv> .<sent> → (eng) then<cvjadv> ,<cm> stand<vblex><pprs> up<adv> ,<cm> prpers<prn><p3><m><subj><sg> go<v><tv> away<adv> .<sent>