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by Kilanie
Tue Dec 03, 2019 7:37 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Inflecting the main verb but not the auxiliary?
Replies: 13
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Re: Inflecting the main verb but not the auxiliary?

An auxiliary with invariant form might be analyzed as showing verbal behavior syntactically because of how it interacts with things like the order of other grammatical words. Where are pronouns, negative markers, and adverbs placed relative to keham and the main verb in your language? If you want t...
by Kilanie
Mon Dec 02, 2019 12:07 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Inflecting the main verb but not the auxiliary?
Replies: 13
Views: 8380

Re: Inflecting the main verb but not the auxiliary?

I suppose I don't need to call it an auxiliary then. In fact, trying to think of this as an auxiliary made this seem like much more of a puzzle than it otherwise should have been. Thanks!
by Kilanie
Sun Dec 01, 2019 11:39 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Inflecting the main verb but not the auxiliary?
Replies: 13
Views: 8380

Inflecting the main verb but not the auxiliary?

Are there any natlangs where an auxiliary verb is uninflected while the main verb keeps its usual inflection? As an example of what I'm thinking, from my conlang: Perfective: neam-ete tsu mièr. [gloss]break-PFV 1sg bowl[/gloss] "I broke the bowl." Anticausative perfective: keham neam-ete t...