Language: Zenzontepec Chatino
Contributors: Eric Campbell
Complex verb
Verb meaning: FOLLOW [follow]
Comment: /y-a-la-saʔą/; CPL-go.NBASE-ADJ-be.attached; The meaning 'follow' is given by the adjective la-saʔą. It needs an auxiliary, and several motion verbs can be used as auxiliaries.
Schema: V 1 jiʔį̄+2
| # | Microrole | Coding set | Argument type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follower | Ø | A |
| 2 | followee | jiʔį̄+NP | P |
| (152) |
Lyakwā nijyąlasaʔąūʔ jyą́ʔ? lyakwā why nijyą-la-saʔą=ūʔ come.NBASE-ADJ-be.attached=3PL jiʔį̄=ą̄ʔ RN=1SG Why are they following me? |
| (157) |
Ná nīkwę̄ tu nāáʔ ntákwēę̄ʔ kyaʔa jā jiʔį́ tyaʔą-la-saʔą tza liya nu tāá. ná NEG nīkwę̄ POT.say.2SG tu IRR nāáʔ 1SG n-tákwī=ą̄ʔ STAT-be.hanging=1SG kyaʔa guilt jā CONJ jiʔį́ RN.2SG tyaʔą-la-saʔą POT.go.around-ADJ-be.attached(.3) tza one liya time nu NOM tāá POT.give(.3) Don't say that it is my fault if he goes after you once he gives it to you. |
| (175) |
Yalasaʔą kíʔyūú jį̄ kūnáʔa=V́. y-a-la-saʔą CPL-go.NBASE-ADJ-be.attached kíʔyū=V́ male=DEM jiʔį̄ RN kūnáʔa=V́ female=DEM The man followed the woman. |
| Alternation | Derived coding frame | Alternation class | Occurs | Comment | # Ex. | |
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