Siberian Yupik and English/Contrastive Grammar
From LING073
Noun Absolutive Cases
Nouns with the absolutive cases translate to "the {noun} in english .
- (ess) naayghaq → (eng) the mountain
- (ess) naayghaq<n><term><sg><impers> → (eng) the<det><def><sp> mountain<n><sg>
- (ess) iqalluq → (eng) the fish
- (ess) iqalluq<n><abs><sg> → (eng) the<det><def><sp> fish<n><sg>
Optative 1st Person Dual Verbs
Verbs tagged with both the optative mood and 1st person dual case get translated to "let's {verb}" in english.
- (ess) mayultung → (eng) let's go up
- (ess) mayultung<v><iv><du1><opt> → (eng) let<vblex><imp> prpers<prn><obj><p1><mf><pl> go<vblex><pres> up<adv>