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Alignment of Case Marking of Full Noun Phrases
Language:
Comanche
Feature:
Alignment of Case Marking of Full Noun Phrases
by
Bernard Comrie
Value:
Nominative - accusative (standard)
Examples
Sentence igt-3924:
ɨ = tsaa = tɨi tsa miʔatɨ =
ɨ =
your
tsaa =
good
tɨi
friend
tsa
top
miʔatɨ =
goes
your best friend is leaving
Sentence igt-3925:
pisunii nɨmmɨ kookoʔa nii kɨHtokweʔetɨ =
pisunii
skunk
nɨmmɨ
our
kookoʔa
chicken
nii
acc.pl
kɨHtokweʔetɨ =
kills
the skunk kills our chickens
Sentence igt-3926:
nɨnnɨ se paakwapitI̵ =
nɨnnɨ
we.excl
se
cntr
paakwapitI̵ =
swam
we swam
Sentence igt-3927:
nɨ se tamma = ku = uhti makan
nɨ
I
se
cntr
tamma = ku =
much
uhti
they.acc
makan
feed
I fed them a lot
References
Charney 1993
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