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REVIEW - Lakota textbooks by AISRI, Indiana University

... rules in these textbooks are inaccurate or illustrated with unsuitable examples. For instance, on page 56 (5th grade), the description of the stative verb affixes ma- and ni- is illustrated on the verb ečíyapi ‘to be called by a name’ . This word is not a stative verb but a passive participle ...
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April 11th, 2011, 11:16 am
 
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... on the other hand, is a highly inflectional language with complex morphology which results in a large number of word forms for every lemma. Most stative and active verbs have at least 7 forms but those with changeable A (ablaut) have 21 forms. Transitive verbs have 30 forms and if they allow ...
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January 26th, 2009, 2:19 am
 
Forum: Wótȟaŋiŋ na yaótȟaŋiŋpi - NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS
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