Template:cic-person marker

Chickasaw Person Markers


Person Markers			Class I			Class II			Class III			Class N		Imperative
Person Markers			+C	+V	+s	+C	+a	+o	+ch/k/t	+m/n/f/h/l/lh/s/sh/w/y (airflow consonants)	+V/b/p	+C	+V	+C/V
1st-person	singular	initial	-li			sa-	asa-	aso-	an-	a̠-	am-	ak-		n/a
	singular	medial	-li			sa-	asa-	aso-	-san-	-sa̠-	-sam-	ak-
	plural		ii- / lii-	il-	ii- / lii-	po-	apo-		pon-	po̠-	pom-	kii-	kil-
	inclusive tri-plural		iloo-			hapo-	apo-		hapon-	hapo̠-	hapom-	kiloo-
2nd-person	singular		ish-		is-	chi-	achi-	acho-	chin-	chi̠-	chim-	chik-		∅
2nd-person	plural		hash-		has-	hachi-	achi-	acho-	hachin-	hachi̠-	hachim-	hachik-		hoo-
3rd-person	singular		∅			∅			in-	i̠-	im-	ik-		n/a
3rd-person	plural		∅ / (hoo-)			∅ / (hoo-)			in-	i̠-	im-	ik-		n/a

Class I person markers are used to indicate the subject of active verbs.
Class II person markers indicate the subject for stative verbs, to indicate the direct object of verbs taking Class I or Class N subject markers, and are also used to indicate the possessor of inalienable nouns.
Use of the Class I and Class II "hoo-" prefix to indicate a plural 3rd-person subject of a verb and its use is optional.
Class III subject markers are used on verbs with a dative prefix im-/in-/i̠- and replace the prefix. Class III are also used as object (usually indirect object) markers for verbs and to indicate the possessor of alienable nouns.
The Class N subject prefixes are used in the place of other subject markers to form the negative and unaccomplised hortatives of verbs as well as replacing the unaccomplished "ik-" prefix of negative verbs that that include the prefis "ik-".
Class I and Class N subject markers cannot be used on a same verb together but both can be combined with either Class II or Class III object markers, depending on the verb.
Class II and Class III markers cannot be used together on a same verb. If one wants to use a Class III object marker with a stative verb that normally takes a Class II subject marker, one can use a Class I subject marker instead to combine with a Class III object marker.

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