Action Nominal Constructions in Ame
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An Action Nominal Construction is the construction equivalent to English "Ha's running", "Hb's buying of the dress", "the girl's reading of the book" etc. That is, a construction involving a nominalized verb carrying the meaning similar to a clause.
An Action Nominal Construction consists of an action nominal, which is the nominalized form of a verb referring to the event or the action.
In Ame, the Action Nominal Construction consists of the gerund form of a verb and the subject or the object of the action in the possessive form, the subject and the object of a clause can't occur at the same time.
Some examples of action nominal construction are shown below:
- da hegemoke mi Ha - DEF run-GER of Ha - Ha's running
- da mesoke mi da sare - DEF swim-GER of DEF girl - the girl's swimming
- da heikoke mi da ya - DEF read-GER of DEF person - the person's reading
- da heikoke mi da keza - DEF read-GER of DEF book - the reading of the book
To express both arguments within an Action Nominal Construction, the direct object is often incorporated into the action nominal, forming a compound word. For example:
- da kezaheikoke mi da ya - DEF book-read-GER of DEF person - the person's reading of the book ✎ Edit Article ✖ Delete Article
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