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Inanimate Intransitive (II) verbs are verbs that only have a subject and this subject is inanimate. Examples of II verbs are ''gaqam-'' 'it is standing'. Inanimate intransitive verbs have two possible person/number combinations: a singular subject and a plural subject. For this reason, they are sometimes grouped with the animate intransitives as a "0th person".
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Inanimate Intransitive (II) verbs are verbs that only have a subject and this subject is inanimate. Examples of II verbs are ''gaqam-'' 'it is standing'. Inanimate intransitive verbs have only two possible person/number combinations: a singular subject and a plural subject. For this reason, they are sometimes grouped with the animate intransitives as a "0th person" instead of being made into their own two-cell table. However, if this table were created, it could look as follows.  
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! scope="col" | PL
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Revision as of 15:17, 4 June 2012

Inanimate Intransitive (II) verbs are verbs that only have a subject and this subject is inanimate. Examples of II verbs are gaqam- 'it is standing'. Inanimate intransitive verbs have only two possible person/number combinations: a singular subject and a plural subject. For this reason, they are sometimes grouped with the animate intransitives as a "0th person" instead of being made into their own two-cell table. However, if this table were created, it could look as follows.

VII table template
↓person / number→ SG PL
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