Subord: subordinate
| Values: | Yes |
In Tekó, Subord is marked with suffixes -nam/-nawe/-nate/-zepe.
-Nam/-nawe/-nate introduces temporal clauses, while the subordinate -nate seems to express a specific time. Additionally, the subordinate -nam (sometimes_-na) marks conditional clauses and is often used with the irrealis particle _-itʃe.
The concessive particle -zepe/-epe indicates that the propositional content contrasts with what is described in the main clause.
Yes: Yes
Examples
- en92anam , Polorekojaram adʒu “In 92, I became Paulo’s replacement.”
- nanipamẽitʃe zadʒapɨakanam… “If everyone thought so…”
- 10heuresaʔenawe oker “At 10, they went to sleep.”
- munuʔaŋanate ohẽhem ohoŋ “In the afternoon, they leave.”
- sidʒeminanãzepe omãʔẽnẽ nõderehe “Even if we hide, he still sees us.”
Diffs
Prague Dependency Treebank
The PDT tagset does not distinguish Ptan from Plur and Coll from Sing,
therefore this distinction is not being made in the converted data.
Subord in other languages: [bor] [eme]