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Aspectual morphemes in Igala occur before a verb. | |||
The morpheme ''a'' indicates imperfective aspect. | The morpheme ''a'' indicates imperfective aspect. | ||
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The morpheme ''na'' indicates that an action is in progress. | The morpheme ''na'' indicates that an action is in progress. | ||
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The morpheme ''ɲa'' has a similar meaning to 'go' in English. The morpheme indicates that an event/action will occur in the future. | The morpheme ''ɲa'' has a similar meaning to 'go' in English. The morpheme indicates that an event/action will occur in the future. | ||
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|colspan="7"|‘You will break the door tomorrow.’ | |colspan="7"|‘You will break the door tomorrow.’ | ||
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===== Aspect and Stative Verbs ===== | |||
If the aspect marker a is present in a sentence right after the subject, it will create a future reading for stative verbs (example 4), but a present progressive reading for eventive verbs (example 5). | |||
'''(4)''' | |||
{| {{table}} | |||
| nǎ || lʲ(i) || u | |||
|- | |||
| 1SG || see || 3SG | |||
|- | |||
| “I will see him.” | |||
|} | |||
'''(5)''' | |||
{| {{table}} | |||
| nǎ || fɛ̀dɔ̀ || mā | |||
|- | |||
| 1SG || love || 3PL | |||
|- | |||
| “I love them.” | |||
|} | |} | ||
Revision as of 15:45, 1 March 2022
Aspect
Aspectual morphemes in Igala occur before a verb.
The morpheme a indicates imperfective aspect.
(1)
| ēlì | lɛ̄ | ā | tʃè | mī | ôlū |
| song | DEF.DIST | IPFV | do | 1SG.OBJ | sleep(N) |
| ‘The song is making me sleepy.’ | |||||
The morpheme na indicates that an action is in progress.
(2)
| ábʲá | lɛ̄ | nǎ | kò |
| dog | DEF.DIST | PROG | bark |
| ‘The dog was barking.’ | |||
The morpheme ɲa has a similar meaning to 'go' in English. The morpheme indicates that an event/action will occur in the future.
(3)
| ɛ̌ | ɲá | kpɔ̄ | ɔnà | lɛ́ | fɔ̄ | ɔ̀nâ |
| 2SG.IPFV | go | break | door | DEF.DIST | break | tomorrow |
| ‘You will break the door tomorrow.’ | ||||||
Aspect and Stative Verbs
If the aspect marker a is present in a sentence right after the subject, it will create a future reading for stative verbs (example 4), but a present progressive reading for eventive verbs (example 5).
(4)
| nǎ | lʲ(i) | u |
| 1SG | see | 3SG |
| “I will see him.” |
(5)
| nǎ | fɛ̀dɔ̀ | mā |
| 1SG | love | 3PL |
| “I love them.” |