jeff_l
(Jeff_L)
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8.5 Participles (subject relatives) 495
(517) Negative FeSg Participles (not Future) with V-initial Stem
a. t-ά waer-eet t-ojel
Fe-Dem.Sg Neg-Partpl.FeSg 3FeSgS-refuse.PerfN
'she who did not refuse'
b. t-α waer-aet t-aehona
3FeSgS-move.out.PerfN
'she who did not move out'
As in regular inflection, the PerfN (whether or not homophonous to the
PerfP) negates both the PerfP and the Resit, so the examples in (517) could
also be glossed resultatively as e.g. 'she who has not (already) refused'.
If the verb begins in as or a full V, the only audible difference between
MaSg and PI subject constructions is in the demonstrative (518.a-c). The
examples in (518) are from T-md, which has ae (versus T-ka s) in PerfP
(=PerfN) -aeqqima- 'sit'.
(518) Negative MaSg and PI Participles (not Future) with V-initial Stem
a. w-α wser-aen 0-seqqima
'he who did not sit'
b. w-i wser-sen seqqima
'they-MaPl who did not sit'
c. t-i waer-aen seqqima
'they-FePl who did not sit'
In the Im dialect, we get invariant wser n- plus invariant 3MaSg form of
the verb. The n- is articulated with the verb, in a slowed-down pronunciation
that allows a prosodic break between words.
(519) Immenas Dialect Negative Participles
a. w-α wser n-i-ksa
'he who did not eat'
b. t-α wser n-i-ksa
'she who did not eat'
c. w-i wser n-i-ksa
'they-Ma who did not eat'
