Simple verbal clauses
- the minimal verbal clause consists of a single verb
- only inflectional morphology is (optional) ta- ‘3p’ (crossref#cldf:verbinfl)), compare with
- personal proclitics can occur on verb ; no transitive 1+2 attested
- arguments can be expressed by pronouns or nouns / noun phrases
- "free" order
- clausal particles?
Person proclitics
- Second person A
- më ‘2’ marking A in
- subordinate clauses and
- is 'learn' transitive?
- Transitive local scenarios
- one attested case of ta- ‘3>3’ on the lexical verb of a -pëkë construction w/ 2nd person a on aux to do: find that example
- zero-marked third person on transitive verbs with 1a or 2a
- one example of më ‘2a’ on imperative verb to do: add GrMePers.029
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*t‑V‑se is no more — the t‑ is gone, except in lexicalized items
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only free first person pronouns with V-initial verbs:
- unmarked third person:
Intransitive clauses
First person
- not attested: prefixed verb followed by pronoun
Second person
- not attested: pronoun
Third person
Transitive clauses
There are several factors that play a role here:
- presence or absence of prefix
- presence or absence of pronouns and NPs
- order of free arguments
- presence or absence of ya ‘erg’
Third on third
to do: add examples of [non]declarative w/ [in]transitive verbs