Causative

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Re: Causative

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Roguel:
Pasep salkat lopseppumiraditkek alintimu.
Pas-ep salkat lops-ep-p[um]ir-ad-itk-ek alinti-mu.
cook-ERG.AGENT cake buy-ERG.AGENT-give.DAT-CAUS-PST-3SG boss-ERG
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Re: Causative

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Kujeŋti mon manpeŋjuk sot paseŋjuk maskutanaseles.
/kuˈjɛŋti mɔn mɑnˈpɛŋjuk sɔt pɑˈsɛŋjuk mɑskutɑˈnɑsɛlɛs/
kujeŋ-ti mon manpeŋ-juk sot paseŋ-juk masku-tana-se-les
employer(1)-NOM(1) PAT chef(1)-OBL(1) DAT buyer(1)-OBL(1) cake(4)[ABS(4)]-CAUS-3s.NOM-PST-give
The boss made the cook give a cake to the customer.
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Re: Causative

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The boss made the cook give a cake to the customer.
Nuovo noitonua favefamoti hovanefati nuhe hemetamode.
Give-CAUS manager cook-IDR cake-IDR BEN customer-OBL
/nuɑʋɑ nɑitɑnuɐ fɐʋefɐmɑti hɑʋɐnefɐti nuhe hemetɐmɑde/
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Re: Causative

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Kala:

kana ke panu kuhakoyo ka'e tsumpako yotemyaye
chief O cake cook-AG-POSS toward buy-AG give-CAUS-PST
The boss made the cook give a cake to the customer.

I've assumed that the cake was (belonged to) the cook's
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Re: Causative

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Le 上司 oué il ga 為ta le 料理人 au 与ésasèrë un gâteau au le 客 ni.
Le djeauchi oué il ga chita le rieaurinine au ataésasèrë un gâteau au le quiaquë ni.
[lœ̈ ˈdʒoʊ̯ʃi we i gɔ ʃi̥ˈtɔl ˈʁjoʊ̯ʁinɪi̯n o ˌataesaˈsæɛ̯ʁœ ɚ̃ ɡɔˈto ol ˈkjakœ̈ ni]
DEF.m boss.m TOP 3SG.m SUBJ make-PAST DEF.m cook.m OBJ give-CAUS INDEF.m cake.m OBJ DEF.m customer.m INDIR.OBJ
The boss made the cook give a cake to the customer.
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Re: Causative

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Serious revision to Kala's version of this:

kuhako ke panu ka'e tsumpako yetaye nye kana eha nipoye
cook-AG O cake toward buy-AG give-PST because chief P.3sg compel-PST

In my first attempt I used yote instead of yeta which is bad, and dealing with the causative-ditransitive-four-arguments which is difficult with only one object marker and liberal constituent guidelines.
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Re: Causative

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:con: Miirna

Kayaam paaccar tuulyaama kiccal kupiya ki inciiryaama.
boss cause cook give cake ALL customer
[ˈkɐʝaːm ˈpaːʧːɐr ˈtuːlʝaːmɐ ˈkɪʧːɐl ˈkʊpɪʝɐ kɪ ˈɪnʧiːrʝaːmɐ

Pure isolation – almost, at least, save for -yaama, used for various forms of agentive and similar derivations. The finished language – if I ever get there – will probably involve some more interesting syntactic constructions. There are at least a couple of participles, maybe I could do something interesting with them.
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Re: Causative

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:con: Aretach

Ongahin o bes deonyrfy do skegand wy gan kirgafen orfirrachyrfe.
/ˈɔŋ.ga.hɪn ɔʊ bɛs dɛ.ˈɔʊ.nyɹ.fi dɔʊ skɛ.ˈgand wy gan kɪɹ.ga.ˈfɛn ɔɹ.ˈfɪ.ɹa.ˌxyɹ.fɛ/
leader DEF ADP_CAUS* ACC.cook DEF.ACC ACC.cake DEF.ACC.INANIM to LOC.customer PAST.give.CAUS.3SG
The boss made the cook give a cake to the customer.

*Bes marks the noun that's being caused to verb.
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Re: Causative

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:tan: Swahili:

Bosi alifanya mpishi ampe mteja keki.
bosi a-li-fany-a mpishi a-m-p-e mteja keki
boss(9) 1-PST-make-Ø cook(1) 1.SUBJ-1.OBJ-give-SBJV customer(1) cake(9)

The boss made the cook give a cake to the customer.
Glossing Abbreviations: COMP = comparative, C = complementiser, ACS / ICS = accessible / inaccessible, GDV = gerundive, SPEC / NSPC = specific / non-specific, AG = agent, E = entity (person, animal, thing)
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