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Alignment of Case Marking of Pronouns
Language:
Yaqui
Feature:
Alignment of Case Marking of Pronouns
by
Bernard Comrie
Value:
Nominative - accusative (standard)
Examples
Sentence igt-779:
húu'u wiíkit 'ám bíca mékka né'e ka
húu'u
that
wiíkit
bird
'ám
there
bíca
site
mékka
far
né'e
fly
ka
pfv
that bird flew far away in that direction
Sentence igt-780:
haámutči m wáka bák ta bʷá'a bʷás a
haámutči
woman
m
pl
wáka
meat
bák
cook
ta
acc
bʷá'a
rdp
bʷás
cook
a
tr
the women are cooking beef stew
Sentence igt-781:
'á'a mé'aa k húka'a bakót ta
'á'a
he
mé'aa
kill
k
pfv
húka'a
that.acc
bakót
snake
ta
acc
he killed that snake
Sentence igt-782:
'áapo 'áma 'amé mak sáha k
'áapo
he
'áma
there
'amé
them
mak
with
sáha
go.pl
k
pfv
he went there with them
Sentence igt-783:
'itépo 'áapo 'ik náke
'itépo
we
'áapo
he
'ik
acc
náke
love
we love him
References
Dedrick and Casad 1999
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