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Transitive Animate (TA) verbs are verbs that have an object and this object is animate. (All verbs with an object of any kind also have an animate subject). Examples of TA verbs include ''gesalul'' 'I love you' and ''nemi'g'' 'I see him/her'. TA verbs have 36 possible combinations of subject and object, of which 8 involve the [[Obviation|obviative]]. The 28 combinations that do not involve the obviative are shown in the table below. | Transitive Animate (TA) verbs are verbs that have an object and this object is animate. (All verbs with an object of any kind also have an animate subject). Examples of TA verbs include ''gesalul'' 'I love you' and ''nemi'g'' 'I see him/her'. TA verbs have 36 possible combinations of subject and object, of which 8 involve the [[Obviation|obviative]]. The 28 combinations that do not involve the obviative are shown in the table below. | ||
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Revision as of 14:20, 4 June 2012
Transitive Animate (TA) verbs are verbs that have an object and this object is animate. (All verbs with an object of any kind also have an animate subject). Examples of TA verbs include gesalul 'I love you' and nemi'g 'I see him/her'. TA verbs have 36 possible combinations of subject and object, of which 8 involve the obviative. The 28 combinations that do not involve the obviative are shown in the table below.
| ↓subject / object→ | 1 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2PL | 3 | 3PL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | REFL | ||||||
| 13 | REFL | ||||||
| 12 | REFL | ||||||
| 2 | REFL | ||||||
| 2PL | REFL | ||||||
| 3 | REFL | ||||||
| 3PL | REFL |