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Subjects and Objects in Verbs
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Spanish verb endings indicate the subject of a sentence.
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hablo
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‘I speak’
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hablas
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‘you speak’
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habla
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‘he/she/it speaks’
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Isthmus Zapotec verb endings also indicate subjects.
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rizaya'
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‘I walk’
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rizalu'
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‘you walk’
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rizabe
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‘he/she/it walks’
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Subject endings attach to the Mayo verb only if there is no other word in the
sentence to which it may attach.
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téba'urene
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‘I am hungry’
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hunger-I
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béjane
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téba'ure
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‘I am already hungry’
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already-I
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hunger
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In Tzeltal, spoken in Chiapas, the subject of a transitive verb is indicated at the
beginning, while the subject of the intransitive verb is indicated with an ending.
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jna
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I know
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ana
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you know
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sna
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he/she/it knows
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talon
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I went
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talat
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you went
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tal
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he/she/it went
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Both subjects and objects are indicated at the beginning of Nahuatl verbs, spoken in
the State of Michoacán.
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nikita
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I see him
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tikita
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you see him
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kita
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he sees him
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nimitsita
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I see you
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mitsita
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he sees you
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tinechita
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you see me
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nechita
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he sees me
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