Re: Conference

I wrote:

> *** Nakiltipkaspimak:
>
> "Misin mitimilinwayumxa."      ['mIsIn mItImIlInwa'jUmxa]
>
> Mis-in  mi -ti     -milin-wa  -yum  -xa
> 1SG-ERG 1SG-2SG:ABS-love -PRES-IMPFV-DIR
> 'I love you.'
>
> IMPFV = imperfective aspect
> DIR = direct evidence evidential
My god, what was I thinking? Embarrassing. I suddenly woke
up at 1.30 AM last night realizing my mistake. If I incorporate
the object, then the verb becomes intransitive and the subject
should be marked with absolutive. In my defence I can only say
that the incorporation was a late decision.

However, if I hadn't incorporated the object (and I'm not
even sure incorporation of pronouns is allowed) then the
agreement would have been with it (the object) since it's
always the ABS-argument that the verb agrees with. D'oh!

So here are the two correct alternatives (I hope):

i.   Mis      mi -ti -milin-wa  -yum  -xa
     1SG:ABS  1SG-2SG-love -PRES-IMPFV-DIR
     'I love you.'

ii.  Mis-in   ti -milin-wa  -yum  -xa   ti
     1SG-ERG  2SG-love -PRES-IMPFV-DIR  2SG:ABS
     'I love you.'

Thus either "Mis mitimilinwayumxa" or "Misin timilinwayumxa ti".

||| daniel

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