Re: Description question
| From: | Matthew Pearson <matthew.pearson@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, October 8, 2001, 22:45 |
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--- You wrote:
Hausa marks tense distinctions on the subject pronouns, not the verbs.
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These things are probably auxiliaries. Since they can co-occur with a subject noun
phrase, this suggests that they mark agreement with a (sometimes null) subject
rather than being 'true' pronouns themselves.
Matt.
Matt Pearson
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