Person[obj]: person agreement with object
| Values: | 1 | 2 | 3 |
The object prefix on the verb reflects the person value of the object.
1: first
The first person singular object is marked as the object prefix n-, while the first person plural object is marked as tu-.
Examples
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a-n-yamba
NC1.SBJ-1sg.OBJ-help
“he helps me” -
ba-tu-yamba
NC2.SBJ-1pl.OBJ-help
“they help us”
2: second
The second person singular object is marked as the object prefix ku-, while the second person plural object is marked as ba-.
Examples
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a-ku-yamba
NC1.SBJ-2sg.OBJ-help
“he helps you (sg.)” -
ki-ba-yamba
NC7.SBJ-2pl.OBJ-help
“it helps you (pl.)”
3: third
Third person object prefixes are realized by a paradigm of third person markers, known as noun classes. The finer-grained value of this marker is annotated as NounClass[obj].
Examples
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a-mu-yamba
NC1.SBJ-NC1.OBJ-help
“he helps him” -
mu-ba-yamba
2pl.SBJ-NC2.OBJ-help
“you help them”
Person[obj] in other languages: [ab] [ess] [ka] [oge] [ruc] [u]