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493

a.  a1 na2 ozü3 -li4 mozü-we5
    my1 child2 passes water5 in4 (the) bed 2
     

 

b.  a1 na2 ozü3-lino4 mozü-we5 ie6
    my1 child2 passes water5 /passed water6 (sitting/standing) from4 (the) bed 3

The above condition of occurrence of -li (stative verbs, habitual aspect etc.) and -lino (nonstative verbs etc.) can be tested in relative participial phrases where case markers show up :
 
   

{ -li }2

 

494

1.

 klas1 {       } 

 kazhü-na3
   

{ *lino }

 
       
    the best one3 in 2 (the) class1  
       
   

{ lino } 2

 
 

1a.

klass1 - {        }

ozhi-koo-na3
   

{ *li }

 
       
    the one who slept3 in2 (the) class1  
       
   

{ -li }2

 
 

2.

 odo1 {       }

kobuna 3
   

{ *lino }

 
       
   

the one who3 is in2 (the) field 1

 
       
   

{ lino }2

 
 

2a.

 odo1 {       }

ovo kosona
   

{ *-li }

 
   

the one who worked/works3 in2

(the) field1

       
   

{ -li }2

 
 

3.

 larücü1 {       }

 kobuna3
   

{ *-lino}

 
       
   

the one who is present3 in2 (the)

class1

       
   

{ -lino } 2

 
 

3a.

 larücü1 {       }

larü amodomüi 3
   

{ *-li }

 
   

the ones who studied3 in2 (the) 

school1

       
   

{ -li }2

 
 

4.

 korü1 { }

okho 3
   

{*-lino }

 
   

fish3 (that are) in2 (the) river1

 
       
   

{ lino }2

 
 

4a.

korü1 - {          }

 tsüko3 okho 4
   

 { *-li }

 
   

(the) fish4 that (we) caught3 in2

(the) river 1


Place names ending with are marked for (interior) locative (a) by Zero for no epistemic statives, change-of-state process verbs in the future tense and habitual aspects (b) and place names and those ending with are marked by no for agentive verbs, no change-of-state process verbs and epistemic statives.
 

495 .1.  oramüi1 oracüe2 bue3 god1 is3 in heaven2
       
 

2.

 a1 pfü2 adi-cü3 bue4 where3 is4 my1 mother2 ?
       
 

3.

 lonia1 rübvemüicü2 bue3 Lonia1 is3 at Punanamai village 2
       
 

4.

 ai pfo-yi hiufü -no süe

I1 knew5 him2 in4 Tadubi 3
       
   

{ rübvemüicü }4

 
 

5.

a-no1 likha2 hihi3 {                   }

 -no5 hrüe6
   

{       hiufü }

 
       
   

{ Punanamai }4

 
    I1 bought6 this3 bag2 in5 {           }  
   

{ Tadubi }

 
       
 

6.

 tasoni1 pfosemüi-cü2 -no3 ota4

ta-we5

   

Tasoni1 cultivates5 crops4 in3

Pudunamai 2


3.3.7.5.2.
 

Temporal Location
 
Points of time and brief lengths of time are expressed by zero and longer lengths of time, by -li except mopfu ‘year’ which takes ko
 

496.

1.  baji coku ‘at nine o’ clock’

2.

 baji pongo ‘at five o’ clock’
3.


 
sodu ‘tomorrow’


 
 

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