ditransitive verb: A

1

• ditransitive verb A V IO DO
• (6) pi- pa- ni- r, ni- pa- pi- r
• 2SG-give-1SG-3SGm 1SG-give-2SG-3SGm
• you give it to me, I give it to you
• ro- pa tec ro- piri
• 3SGm-give DEM2m 3SGm-sibling.of.same.sex
• ro- pe- r.
• 3SGm-give-3SGm
• He gave (it/something) to his brother he gave
  (it) to him.

2

• stative predicates with So marking
• N/ADJ COP So
• (9) monci-wo- ni n- asore- he- w.
• child- COP-1SG 1SG-strong-DISTR-COP
• When I was a child I was all strong.
• POSS-N COP So
• pi- tori- wo- r.
• 2SG-friend-COP-3SGm
• He is your friend.
• (10)b pi-tori POSS-N
• 2SG-friend your friend

3

• (10) ni- mane- wapa, ver n- kac ni-
  weri- ye
• 1SG-be.cold- COS already 1SG-go
  1SG-house-LOC
• n- ania- pa-p.
• 1SG-warm.up-GO-PERF
• I am cold, I go home to warm (me) up.
• \ref Rosalia 22/07/04 119

4
Traces of a Fluid-S system?

• There are very few examples of verbs that show
  either subjective or objective marking (with a
  meaning difference, as in (21) and (22)), which
  may hint at a former Fluid-S system.
• -moroin- be sick of ? subjective
• (21) ver kachi ri-nik, ri- nik,
  ri- nik, nka kachi ri- moroin-er
  hi.
• already GO QUOT 3SGf-eat 3SGf-eat 3SGf-eat
  NEG GOQUOT 3SGf-be.sick.of- 3SGmQUOT
• She started to eat and eat and eat and she
  didnt get sick of it.
• moroin- be thirsty ? objective
• (22) ikarek moroin-o-wape-ri hi ac
  ri- kac-po- w wapoeri-ye hi.
• thus be.thirsty-EP COS- 3SGfQUOT and
  3SGf-go- PERF-COP river- LOC QUOT
• Thus she got thirsty and went to the river.
  
• (23) ver no-worapik-o hi tec
  woyo-woyo
• already 3PL- come- EP QUOT DEM2m name-
  RDPL
• (Then) came the whats their name
• (24) ri- mo- kiin- er noiy San
  Antonia-ye.
• 3SGf-PRIV-want- 3SGm over.there San Antonio-
  LOC
• She doesnt want him to be in San Antonio.

5

• buen, enever-a-pik ....
• well tomorrow-ACT-COME
• Well, when the next day came, ...
• kareton-er- a- pik ...
• ox.cart- man-ACT-COME
• He came as an ox-cart man...

6
Preverbal particles

• (715) ver ni- sokia- vi!
• already 1SG-find/catch-2SG Have I caught
  you!
• (763) ver eto ro- nik.
• already FINISH 3SGm-eat
• He (already) finished eating.