qāla (قال)

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A stem I verb

Coding frame

Examples

(12)
Qāla rraǧulu liṣadīqihi: "marʾatī fī lbayti".
qāla
say.PRF.3SG.M
r-raǧul-u
ART-man.M-NOM
li-ṣadīq-i-hi
for-friend.M-GEN-3SG.M
marʾat-ī
woman.F-1SG.NOM
fī
in
l-bayt-i
ART-house.M-GEN
‘The man said to his friend: "my wife is at home".’
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(203)
Qāla rraǧulu kalimatan ǧamīlatan.
qāla
say.PRF.3SG.M
r-raǧul-u
ART-man.M-NOM
kalimat-an
word.F-ACC.IDEF
ǧamīl-at-an
nice-F-ACC.IDEF
‘The man said a nice word.’
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(252)
Qāla rraǧulu liṣadīqihi ʾinnahu marīḍun.
qāla
say.PRF.3SG.M
r-raǧul-u
ART-man.M-NOM
li-ṣadīq-i-hi
for-friend.M-GEN-3SG.M
ʾinna-hu
CONJ-3SG.M
marīḍ-un
sick-NOM.IDEF
‘The man told to his friend, that he is ill.’
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Verb meaning , Microroles , Coding sets and Argument types

# SAY Coding set Argument type
1 sayer V.subj NP-nom S
2 saying addressee li+NP X
3 said content UTT X

Alternations

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Alternation name Occurs Examples
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Locative Alternation 1 more info
N n
C
Stem VIII Reflexive more info
N y
C
Stem IV Causative more info
N y
C
Stem VI Reciprocal more info
N y
C
Stem VI Reflexive more info
N y
U
Prepositional (min 'from') / Accusative Object Alternation more info
N n
C
Stem II Causative more info
N y
C
Stem V Anticausative more info
N y
C
Stem V Reflexive more info
N y
C
Stem VI Passive more info
N y
C
Stem VII Passive more info
N y
C
Stem VIII Reciprocal more info
N y
U
Theme / Recipient Alternation - Prepositional (li+ 'to') / Accusative Object more info
N n
U
Locative Alternation 2 more info
N n
C
Stem X Causative more info
N y
U
Prepositional (bi+) / Accusative object Alternation more info
N n
C
Stem VII Anticausative more info
N y
C
Stem VIII Anticausative more info
N y
U
Locative Alternation 3 more info
N n
U
Goal Alternation - Prepositional (ʾilâ+ 'to') / Accusative Object more info
N n
U
Object Omission Alternation more info
N n
U
Theme / Source Alternation - Prepositional (min+ 'from') Accusative Object more info
N n
C
Caused Motion Alternation more info
N y
U
Object Adding Alternation more info
N n