Barrap-iny-arr Run-FUTURE-you It will run. It will run. Barrapiny Barrap-iny–ø Run-FUTURE-it Category Four Objects (obj) I hit you. I hit you. Background concepts: subject the things Dakinanuna General: – the action of Dak-in-an-una While subjects carry out the action of the verb, objects the verb Hit-PAST-I-you represent the person or thing that the action of the verb affects affects. I hit the dog. I hit the dog. For example, in the sentence hit me’, carried ‘You ‘you’ Dakan gal out the action of hitting and was the person affected ‘me’ Dak-a-an gal by the hitting. is the object. ‘Me’ Hit-PRES-I dog In the sentence saw the dog’, carried out the action of ‘I ‘I’ seeing and dog’ was the thing that was seen. is ‘the ‘Dog’ the object. Only a limited number of object pronouns were recorded in Victorian Languages. Grammatical: Objects can be pronouns (‘you’ in hit you’) or nouns ‘I (‘the dog’ in hit the dog’). ‘I The order of the suffixes may be different in your Language. In the examples, the base has the tense added to it, then the subject, and finally the object. Continuative I am hitting. I am hitting. Background concepts: verb, tense, subject (CONT) suffix Dakangan on verbs Dak-a- ang -an General: –
Barrap-iny-arr Run-FUTURE-you It will run. Barrapiny Barrap-iny–ø Run-FUTURE-it It will run. Category Four Objects (obj) – the things the action of the verb affects I hit you. Dakinanuna Dak-in-an-una Hit-PAST-I-you I hit the dog. Dakan gal Dak-a-an gal Hit-PRES-I dog I hit you. I hit the dog. Background concepts: subject General: While subjects carry out the action of the verb, objects represent the person or thing that the action of the verb affects. For example, in the sentence ‘You hit me’, ‘you’ carried out the action of hitting and ‘me’ was the person affected by the hitting. ‘Me’ is the object. In the sentence ‘I saw the dog’, ‘I’ carried out the action of seeing and ‘the dog’ was the thing that was seen. ‘Dog’ is the object. Only a limited number of object pronouns were recorded in Victorian Languages. Grammatical: Objects can be pronouns (‘you’ in ‘I hit you’) or nouns (‘the dog’ in ‘I hit the dog’). The order of the suffixes may be different in your Language. In the examples, the base has the tense added to it, then the subject, and finally the object. Continuative (CONT) suffix on verbs – I am hitting. Dakangan Dak-a- ang -an I am hitting. Background concepts: verb, tense, subject General:
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