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9. Genders
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19. Phonology
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23. Tones
28. WIP
Menu 1. Movement verbs 2. Action verbs 3. Ambiguities PERFPerfect (aspect/tense)
have verb-ed
.PREPresent can be rendered in different ways depending on the dialect and the verb type.

[top]Movement verbs

Movement verbs in the occidental dialects use the PASSPassive voice (valency)
be verb-ed
.PREPresent as their semantic perfective, corresponding to "be.PRSPresent tense (tense) (verb).PSPARTPast participle", whereas the oriental dialects use the EMPEmphatic
stressed or emphasised
.PSTPast (tense)
action occurred before moment of speech
as "be.PSTPast (tense)
action occurred before moment of speech
(verb).PPARTPresent participle".

  • Su pěhačəz /sw pəjx̞at͡ʃəz/ - be.PREPresent.1SFirst person singular (person)
    speaker, signer, etc.; I
    come.PSPARTPast participle - I have come (Occ. Ban.)
  • Uey pěhačənd /wi pəjx̞at͡ʃn̩d/ - be.PSTPast (tense)
    action occurred before moment of speech
    .1SFirst person singular (person)
    speaker, signer, etc.; I
    come.PPARTPresent participle - I have come (Ori. Ban.)


  • [top]Action verbs


    Action verbs consistently form their semantic perfective with the EMPEmphatic
    stressed or emphasised
    .PREPresent.PASSPassive voice (valency)
    be verb-ed
    , namely "be.PREPresent be.PPARTPresent participle (verb).PSPARTPast participle".

  • Su ind vattəs /sw ind ʋatːəs/ - be.PREPresent.1SFirst person singular (person)
    speaker, signer, etc.; I
    be.PPARTPresent participle make.PSPARTPast participle - I have made


  • [top]Ambiguities


    Similarly to the French perfective sometimes being confused as a passive form, Banatian thus has three potential conflicts between what is referred to as the "canonical construction", or theoretical meaning given the grammatical construction, and the "semantic construction", or pure meaning implied by that construction. Either can be used in any circumstances, the distinction being cleared up by context.

  • Su mûtəts
    I am moved (canonical) / I have moved (semantic)

  • Uey mûtəns
    I was moving (canonical) / I have moved (semantic)

  • Su ind vattəns
    I am being made (canonical) / I have made (semantic)

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