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Animate Intransitive verbs are verbs that only have a subject, no object, and this subject is animate. Examples of animate intransitive (AI) verbs are ''teluisi'' 'I am (thus) named', ''amalgai'' 'I dance', and ''ewi'gigei'' "I write". AI verbs have eleven possible person/number combinations, which reflect their possible subjects. | |||
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Revision as of 20:52, 4 June 2012
Animate Intransitive verbs are verbs that only have a subject, no object, and this subject is animate. Examples of animate intransitive (AI) verbs are teluisi 'I am (thus) named', amalgai 'I dance', and ewi'gigei "I write". AI verbs have eleven possible person/number combinations, which reflect their possible subjects.
| ↓person / number→ | SG | DU | PL | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 | |||
| 12 | ||||
| 2 | ||||
| 3 | ||||
| 0 | ||||