Difference between revisions of "VII"

From Mi'gmaq Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
 
(2 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
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.  
+
Inanimate Intransitive (II) verbs are verbs that only have an '''[[Animacy|inanimate]] subject'''. 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 usually grouped with the animate intransitives as a "0th person" in the remainder of this wiki instead of being made into their own two-cell table. However, for this page, and in order to emphasize the difference in animacy, they will be kept separate.
 +
 
 +
The endings for the [[Tense|present]] [[Mood|indicative]] for II verbs will be shown in the table below, along with their [[Negation|negative]] counterparts.
 +
 
 +
=Present Indicative=
 +
 
 +
{| class="wikitable"
 +
|+ VII Present Indicative
 +
|-
 +
! scope="col" | ↓person / number→
 +
! scope="col" | SG
 +
! scope="col" | PL
 +
|-
 +
! scope="row" rowspan="2"|  0
 +
| -g
 +
| -gl
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
=Negative Present Indicative=
  
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
|+ VII table template
+
|+ VII Negative Present Indicative
 
|-
 
|-
 
! scope="col" | ↓person / number→
 
! scope="col" | ↓person / number→
Line 11: Line 29:
 
|   
 
|   
 
|  
 
|  
|-
 
 
|}
 
|}

Latest revision as of 10:04, 2 August 2012

Inanimate Intransitive (II) verbs are verbs that only have an inanimate subject. 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 usually grouped with the animate intransitives as a "0th person" in the remainder of this wiki instead of being made into their own two-cell table. However, for this page, and in order to emphasize the difference in animacy, they will be kept separate.

The endings for the present indicative for II verbs will be shown in the table below, along with their negative counterparts.

Present Indicative

VII Present Indicative
↓person / number→ SG PL
0 -g -gl

Negative Present Indicative

VII Negative Present Indicative
↓person / number→ SG PL
0