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Morphology
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| Marker/Description of Process: ai | Meaning: negation | |
| Example:
Original Gloss Translation |
ai tai fano e patu NEG PST go DET.abs 3 'He/she is not going anymore' |
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| Marker/Description of Process: tai | Meaning: past tense | |
| Example:
Original Gloss Translation |
fano tai e patu go PST DET.abs 3 'he/ she has gone' |
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| Marker/Description of Process: tau | Meaning: plural marker | |
| Example:
Original Gloss Translation |
Kua o tai e tau tagata PERF go.pl PST DET.abs PL person 'The people have left'' |
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| Marker/Description of Process: tumau | Meaning: habitual | |
| Example:
Original Gloss Translation |
Fano tumau e patu go HAB DET.abs 3 He/she always goes |
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| Marker/Description of Process: e | Meaning: absolutive determiner | |
| Example:
Original Gloss Translation |
Ko e fua-futi. This DET.abs banana This banana here. |
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| Marker/Description of Process: he | Meaning: ergative determiner | |
| Example:
Original Gloss Translation |
Kai he tagata e fua-futi. Eat DET.erg person DET.abs banana The person ate the banana. |
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