Adjective Classes - A Cross-Linguistic Typology

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33 o N. J. Enfield


(17) khoojs si0 puk2 hiiam
ISG IRR build house
'I will build a house.'


(18) khoojs si0 naangi
ISG IRR walk
'I will walk.'


(19) khoojs si0 mii2 pimi4
ISG IRR have book
'I will have a book.'


(20) khoojs si0 suung3
ISG IRR tall
'I will be tall.'


All verbs may be directly marked (pre-verbally) by the negator bodi (which takes
the unstressed form bo0 when pre-marking a verb):


(21) khoojs botf phopi mam
ISG NEG meet 380
'I won't/don't meet him.'


(22) khoojs bo0 puk2 hiiam
ISG NEG build house
'I don't/won't build a house.'


(23) khoojs botf naangi
ISG NEG walk
'I don't/won't walk.'


(24) khoojs bo0 mii2 pum4
ISG NEG have book
'I don't have a book.'


(25) khoojs botf suung3
ISG NEG tall
'I am not tall.'


Note that the two stative verb sub-types group together here in not giving future
readings when appearing with the negation marker (24, 25).
All verbs may be directly marked (pre-verbally) by the achievement marker


(26) khoojs daj0 phopi mam
ISG ACHV meet 380
'I did/got to meet him.'


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