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Alignment of Case Marking of Pronouns
Language:
Maori
Feature:
Alignment of Case Marking of Pronouns
by
Bernard Comrie
Value:
Nominative - accusative (standard)
Examples
Sentence igt-3608:
kua tae mai ngaa manuhiri
kua
pst
tae
arrive
mai
hither
ngaa
the .pl
manuhiri
visitor
The visitors have arrived
Sentence igt-3609:
e kai ana a mere i ngaa kooura
e
ipfv
kai
eat
ana
ipfv
a
art
mere
Mary
i
acc
ngaa
the.pl
kooura
crayfish
Mary is eating the crayfish
Sentence igt-3610:
kei te oma raatou
kei te
prs
oma
run
raatou
they
they are running
Sentence igt-3611:
ka kapo au i te puu
ka
pfv
kapo
snatch
au
I
i
acc
te
the
puu
gun
I snatched the gun
Sentence igt-3612:
e haere ana ahau kia kite i a raatou
e
ipfv
haere
move
ana
ipfc
ahau
I
kia
sbj
kite
see
i
acc
a
art
raatou
they
I’m going to see them
References
Bauer 1993
cite
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