Language: Zenzontepec Chatino
Contributors: Eric Campbell
Complex verb
Verb meaning: LIKE [like]
Comment: /y-a-toǫ-tīʔ/; CPL-go.NBASE-be.standing-living.core
Schema: V 1 jiʔį̄+2
| # | Microrole | Coding set | Argument type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | liker | Ø | A |
| 2 | liked entity | jiʔį̄+NP | P |
| (154) |
Jwāá ná yatoǫtīʔ jnā lúkwīí nu nkātáą̄ʔ jiʔį̄yu. jwaā=V́ Juan=DEM ná NEG y-a-toǫ-tīʔ CPL-go.NBASE-be.standing-living.core(.3) jiʔį̄ RN na ART lúkwī=V́ mezcal=DEM nu NOM nkā-tāá=ą̄ʔ CPL-give=1SG jiʔį̄=yu RN=3SG.M Juan did not like the mezcal I gave him. |
| (155) |
Ná nchatoǫtīʔyu jā tikwą ntikwiʔ nyatę̄ jiʔį̄yu xī nchakā jūntáá. ná NEG nch-a-toǫ-tīʔ=yu PRG-go.NBASE-be.standing-living.core=3SG.M jā CONJ tikwą ugly nti-kwiʔ HAB-speak nyatę̄ person jiʔį̄=yu RN=3SG.M xī NOM.LOC nch-akā PRG-be jūntá=V́ meeting=DEM He does not like it because the people were talking bad to him where they were having the meeting. |
| (156) |
Yatutīʔ jnū ntzeę tunu. y-a-toǫ-tīʔ CPL-go.NBASE-be.standing-living.core(.3) jiʔį̄ RN nu NOM ntzeę citrus tunu great She liked the oranges. |
| Alternation | Derived coding frame | Alternation class | Occurs | Comment | # Ex. | |
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