Inglise keele struktuur
n-yumba n-zuri `a nice house'
ki-tu ki-zuri `a nice thing'
- definiteness: a house the house
Sw. ett hus huset det röda huset
II. Relational categories for nouns: case
English vs Estonian
Grammatical categories for verbs
I. Inherent categories for verbs:
- tense: He walks a mile every day. He walked a mile every day
Grammaticalized expression of location in time.
The Wishram-Wasco dialect of Chinook: 4 inflectional past tenses
ga-ciux `He did it some time ago'
ni-cíux `He did it long ago.'
na-ciúxw-a `He did it recently.'
i-cíux `He just did it.'
- aspect: He was writing a letter to Tom.
He has written a letter to Tom.
- mood: He goes to Tallinn tomorrow.
He would go to Tallinn tomorrow if he had time.
German: the subjunctive
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