Revision as of 02:15, 1 January 2023
Object incorporation is when an object forms a unit with the verb and it moves to be with a verb. This results in VOS word order.
Determiners and content clauses lose their original tone and gain the 
tone. Nouns work a bit differently; see examples below.
Examples
| Haqbaı
|
jí
|
báq
|
tuze
|
| cook
|
1s
|
gnr
|
soup
|
| "I cook soup."
|
|
| Haqbaı
|
bâq
|
tuze
|
jí
|
| cook
|
gnr
|
soup
|
1s
|
| "I soup-cook."
|
|
As you can see, the object, báq tuze gets moved to the left to be with the verb, haqbaı. As a result of this new reördering, báq's 
gets changed to to make sure that it doesn't mean:
| Haqbaı
|
báq
|
tuze
|
jí
|
| cook
|
gnr
|
soup
|
1s
|
| "Soup-kind cooks me."
|
I hope we're not having some sort of soup revolution!
The same happens with pronouns.
| Maı
|
jí
|
súq
|
| love
|
1s
|
2s
|
| "I love you."
|
|
| Maı
|
sûq
|
jí
|
| love
|
2s
|
1s
|
| "I love-you."
|
|
Nouns work a bit differently. Instead of directly gaining , they get lô before them.
| Cho
|
jí
|
káto
|
| like
|
1s
|
cat
|
| "I like the cat."
|
|
| Cho
|
lô
|
kato
|
jí
|
| like
|
the
|
cat
|
1s
|
| "I like-the-cat."
|
|
This is to avoid making an adjunct (adverb or preposition).
| Cho
|
kâto
|
jí
|
| like
|
cat
|
1s
|
| "Like cat I."
|
We're not trying to use kato as a preposition (because it doesn't make any sense), so lô is used.