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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 verbs that only have a subject, no object, and this subject is animate. Examples of 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 14:19, 4 June 2012
Animate Intransitive (AI) verbs are verbs that only have a subject, no object, and this subject is animate. Examples of 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 | |
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| 1 | 13 | |||
| 12 | ||||
| 2 | ||||
| 3 | ||||