kasara (كسر)

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A stem I verb

Coding frame

Examples

(61)
Kasara lwaladu nnāfid̠ata bilḥaǧari.
kasara
break.PRF.3SG.M
l-walad-u
ART-boy.M-NOM
n-nāfid̠at-a
ART-window.F-ACC
bi-l-ḥaǧar-i
with-ART-stone.M-GEN
‘The boy broke the window with the stone.’
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(64)
Kassara lwaladu lkaʾsa.
kassara
break.II.INT.PRF.3SG.M
l-walad-u
ART-boy.M-NOM
l-kaʾs-a
ART-glass.F-ACC
‘The boy broke the glass in pieces.’
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(65)
Takassarat alkaʾsu.
takassarat
break.into.pieces.V.ACAUS.PRF.3SG.F
al-kaʾs-u
ART-glass.F-NOM
‘The glass broke into pieces.’
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Verb meaning , Microroles , Coding sets and Argument types

# BREAK Coding set Argument type
1 breaker V.subj NP-nom A
2 broken thing NP-acc P
3 breaking instrument bi+NP I

Alternations

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Alternation name Occurs Examples
C
Stem VIII Reflexive more info
N y
C
Stem IV Causative more info
N y
U
Locative Alternation 1 more info
N n
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
R y
(66)
Inkasara-t lkaʾsu.
‘The glass was broken. / The glass broke.’
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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
R y
(66)
Inkasara-t lkaʾsu.
‘The glass was broken. / The glass broke.’
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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