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Code,Technical definition ,Informal explanation ,KM suggestions ,Notes
(Focus:3Obv),Relative clause focused on 3Obv,"Roughly in English: the one that the dog chased, or, the one that chased the dog",,"These seem helpful without adding more to them. I might try to find some examples in Rand's grammar in Nishnaabemwin, but otherwise I don't want to over complicate the descriptions. "
(Focus:3Pl),Relative clause focused on 3Pl,"In English: they that bit the man, or, they that the man bit.",,See note above
(Focus:O),Relative clause focused on the object,In English: the dogs that the man bit,,See note above
(Focus:S),Relative clause focused on the subject,In English: the man that bit the dogs,,See note above
O,Object,,"The thing that is impacted or acted on by the “doer” of the verb. For example, ‘toast’ as the object of ‘stealing’ in “The dog stole my toast.” ",
PA,A pre-adverb,,"Pre-adverbs (part of speech) attach at the front of adverbs to express the extent or degree of something. For example, ‘gchi-’ ‘very’ and ‘mno-’ ‘good, well, sufficient’ (Valentine 2001:170). ",
PN,A prenoun,,"Prenouns (part of speech) come before nouns to express things like color such as ‘mkade-,’ ‘black.’ They can express numbers like ‘ngo-,’ ‘one’ and location such as ‘naami-,’ ‘under.’ Other prenouns are descriptive for example, ‘gete-,’ ‘old’ or ‘waawye-,’ ‘round’ (Valentine 2001:152-153). ",
PV,A preverb,,"Preverbs (part of speech) come before verbs to express things like tense (future and past) and the kind of desire, possibility, and obligation that modals like ‘should,’ ‘could,’ and ‘would’ express in English (Valentine 2001: 154). ",
Pos,Possessor,,"The possessor is the thing that has ownership of something. Nouns like family and body parts have to be possessed (marked by a person prefix) so they are in relation to someone. My/mine, yours, his/hers/its/theirs are possessive pronouns. ",
S,Subject,,"The “doer” of a verb. For example, ‘dog’ in “The dog slept” or ‘kettle’ in “The kettle boiled over.” ",
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Cmpd,Compound,two words joined to make a bigger word,"Compounds are when two words are joined to make a bigger word. For example, the two nouns with the same inflection forming a compound noun (Valentine 2001:591). ","There was an example of ""Thunder People"" but I wasn't sure if that name might be sensitive? I wasn’t able to find it in the Ojibwe peoples dictionary or the Nishnaabemwin online dictionary so I just cited the page for people to reference. "
Imm,Immediate,do it now!',"The imperative order is inflection on verbs used for commands. There are immediate, delayed, and negative (prohibitive) commands (Valentine 2001:991). ",
Thm1,First person theme [you X me],"-i' (often deleted), marks second person subject and first person object for VTAs (prefix is subject), often called a 'direct local theme'","“Theme” refers to inflection that signals which animate thing is doing the action (subject) and which is receiving the action (object). ‘-i’ (often deleted) marks the second person as (subject) doing the action to the first person (object) with transitive animate verbs. [You X me], often called a direct local theme. ",
Thm1Pl2,Second person first plural theme [we X you],"-igoo', marks first person plural subject and second person object for VTAs (prefix is object), often called an 'indirect local theme'","“Theme” refers to inflection that signals which animate thing is doing the action (subject) and which is receiving the action (object). ‘-igoo,’ marks the first person plural as the subject and the second person (prefix) as the object. [We X you], often called an indirect local theme. ",
Thm2,Second person theme [I X you],"-in', marks first person singular subject and second person object for VTAs (prefix is object), often called an 'indirect local theme'","“Theme” refers to inflection that signals which animate thing is doing the action (subject) and which is receiving the action (object). ‘-in,’ marks the first person singular as the subject and the second person (prefix) as the object. [I X you], often called an indirect local theme. ",
Thm2a,Conjunct order second person theme A [I X you],"-inin', marks second person object, non-third person subject for conjunct order VTAs","“Theme” refers to inflection that signals which animate thing is doing the action (subject) and which is receiving the action (object). ‘-inin,’ marks the second person as the object and any non-third person subject in the conjunct order, [I X you].",
Thm2b,Conjunct order second person theme B [He/she X's you],"-ik', marks second person object, third person subject for conjunct order VTAs","“Theme” refers to inflection that signals which animate thing is doing the action (subject) and which is receiving the action (object). ‘-ik,’ marks the second person as the object and any third person as the subject in the conjunct order, [S/he X’s you].",
ThmDir,Direct theme [Y Xs him/her],"-aa', marks third person object for VTAs (prefix is subject), often called a 'direct non-local theme'","“Theme” refers to inflection that signals which animate thing is doing the action (subject) and which is receiving the action (object). ‘-aa,’ marks the third person as the object and any person prefix as the subject. [Y X’s him/her], often called a direct non-local theme. ",
ThmInv,Inverse theme [he/she/it X's Y],"-igo/ig', marks third person/inanimate subject for VTAs (prefix is object), often called an 'indirect local theme'","“Theme” refers to inflection that signals which thing is doing the action (subject) and which is receiving the action (object). ‘-igo’ or ‘-ig,’ marks the third person or inanimate thing as the subject and any person prefix as the object. [S/he, it X’s Y], often called the indirect local theme.",
ThmNul,Conjunct order third person theme [I/you X him/her],"--', marks third person object, non-third person subject for conjunct order VTAs","“Theme” refers to inflection that signals which thing is doing the action (subject) and which is receiving the action (object). ‘--’ marks the third person as the object and any non-third person as the subject in the conjunct order, [I/you X him/her]. ",
ThmPos,Posessive theme (Flagging typo),marks some possessed nouns,"“Theme” refers to inflection that signals relations between things. The possessive theme marks a noun as possessed by someone (person prefix). For example, ‘njiimaan(im),’ ‘my boat’ (Valentine 2001:197). ",Flagging typo in the technical definition
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