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13 Basic clauses<br />
13.1.5.2 The aspectual auxiliary verb årrot<br />
The auxiliary verb årrot ‘be’ together with a non-finite complement verb is used<br />
to mark the perfective and progressive aspects. This auxiliary verb is homophonous<br />
with the copular verb, and is also glossed as ‘be’. In the perfective aspect,<br />
the complement verb is in a non-finite form marked by the suffix -m as in (33)<br />
and (34), while the progressive non-finite verb is marked by the suffix -min as in<br />
(35) and (36), respectively.<br />
(33) denne liv<br />
denne li-v<br />
riegadam<br />
riegada-m<br />
there be-1sg.prs be.born-prf<br />
‘I was born there.’ [pit090702.008]<br />
(34) lä<br />
lä<br />
dån<br />
dån<br />
2sg.nom<br />
mannam<br />
manna-m<br />
go-prf<br />
nagin bále<br />
nagin bále<br />
ja<br />
ja<br />
tjuvvum<br />
tjuvvu-m<br />
some time\gen.sg and accompany-prf<br />
be\2sg.prs<br />
Vistegij?<br />
Visteg-ij<br />
Vistek-ill.sg<br />
‘Have you ever gone and accompanied (them) to Vistek?’<br />
(35) men mån<br />
men mån<br />
but<br />
lev tjåjvev<br />
le-v tjåjve-v<br />
1sg.nom be-1sg.prs stomach-acc.sg<br />
‘But I’m cutting out the stomach.’<br />
(36) nå,<br />
nå<br />
mav<br />
ma-v<br />
lä<br />
lä<br />
låhkåmin?<br />
låhkå-min<br />
well what-acc.sg be\3sg.prs read-prog<br />
‘Well, what is he studying?’ (lit.: reading)<br />
ruhtastemin<br />
ruhtaste-min<br />
cut-prog<br />
ullgus<br />
ullgus<br />
out<br />
[pit080924.630]<br />
[pit080909.054]<br />
[pit080924.667]<br />
13.1.5.3 The negation verb<br />
<strong>Pite</strong> <strong>Saami</strong> clause negation is expressed by a special finite negation verb. Unlike<br />
other verbs, the negation verb does not have an infinitive or any other non-finite<br />
form, but is always a finite verb (cf. §8.5.8). As such, it always agrees in person<br />
and number with the subject <strong>of</strong> the clause, and inflects for tense and mood<br />
as well. 13 The complement verb occurs in a special non-finite form called the<br />
connegative. Examples for the negative verb can be found in (37) through (39).<br />
13 In this respect, <strong>Pite</strong> <strong>Saami</strong> differs significantly from for instance North <strong>Saami</strong> negative clauses<br />
in which the main verb and not the finite negation verb inflects for tense (cf. Svonni 2009: 92).<br />
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