Auxiliarized constructions
Claim: everything can take an auxiliary, except imperative constructions with -kë ‘imp’.
TBD:
- look at frequency and distributional possibilities for various forms with auxiliaries
- are there limits on what form of AUX can occur?
- conventionalized meanings of combinations?
- where is person marking? also alignment
Defining auxiliaries
Main clauses
- multiple auxiliaries
Subordinate clauses
- chi=pëkë
- chi=yawë/chawë
- chi-ripo
- wej-tojpe