diff --git a/src/content/phrase-structure/ep.mdx b/src/content/phrase-structure/ep.mdx index c7fe101..cc7ccf5 100644 --- a/src/content/phrase-structure/ep.mdx +++ b/src/content/phrase-structure/ep.mdx @@ -50,10 +50,10 @@ This is the most common phrase you will see for describing what a subject is. Wi An **EP complement** is one of four things: -- adjective -- location adverb -- sandwich -- complement noun +- adjective +- location adverb +- sandwich +- complement noun Let's look at some examples using each of these kinds of complements. Click on the to see how the phrase in divided into blocks and click on the to change things and play around with the phrase. @@ -95,7 +95,29 @@ You can also use any kind of sandwich to describe the subject of an EP. #### With a complement noun -COMING SOON... +In Pashto there are a lot of [compound verbs](https://www.lingdocs.com/blog/pashto-compound-verbs) that use *nouns* as the complement. For example, to become angry uses the complement . This complement noun can also be used with an equative, for instance. + +{psmd([ + { p: "هغه **غوسه** دی", f: "hagha **ghwUsa** dey", e: "He is **angry**" }, +])} + +In English it would [sound funny](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/U7X7cEh5au8) to say "I am anger," but in Pashto it's normal. These complement nouns get treated almost as if they were adjectives. Except... + +You will notice how when people use these complement nouns with equatives they *don't inflect* based on the subject. For instance you could ask if someone is resting using the word from the compound verb . + +{psmd([ + { p: "ته استرحات یې؟", f: "tu istirahaat ye?", e: "Are you (m.) **resting**?" }, + { p: "ته استرحات یې؟", f: "tu istirahaat ye?", e: "Are you (f.) **resting**?" }, +])} + +You don't inflect the because it's a noun, not an adjective. + +It's not always that straightforward though. Some complement nouns get used so much they get treated (by some people) as adjectives and *will* inflect. A good example of this is the in . Some people will inflect it, and some people won't. + +{psmd([ + { p: "زه **خبر** یم", f: "zu **khabúr** yum", e: "I (f.) am aware", sub: "not inflected" }, + { p: "زه **خبره** یم", f: "zu **khabúra** yum", e: "I (f.) am aware", sub: "inflected" }, +])} ## 2. NP + NP @@ -105,7 +127,7 @@ COMING SOON... { bottom: "Equative", inside: "=" }, ]} /> -Sometimes you need to say that an NP is an NP. When you do this, the equative always agrees with the last NP. +Sometimes you need to say that an NP is an NP. The equative always agrees with the last NP. { {"blocks":[{"key":0.0539623363055568,"block":{"type":"subjectSelection","selection":{"type":"NP","selection":{"type":"noun","entry":{"ts":1527812817,"i":10010,"p":"کتاب","f":"kitáab","g":"kitaab","e":"book","c":"n. m."},"gender":"masc","genderCanChange":false,"number":"plural","numberCanChange":true,"adjectives":[]}}}}],"predicate":{"type":"NP","NP":{"type":"NP","selection":{"type":"noun","entry":{"ts":1527819521,"i":5824,"p":"خوشالي","f":"khoshaalee","g":"khoshaalee","e":"happiness (خوشحالي)","c":"n. f."},"gender":"fem","genderCanChange":false,"number":"singular","numberCanChange":true,"adjectives":[]}}},"equative":{"tense":"present","negative":false},"omitSubject":false} @@ -115,6 +137,10 @@ Sometimes you need to say that an NP is {"blocks":[{"key":0.0539623363055568,"block":{"type":"subjectSelection","selection":{"type":"NP","selection":{"type":"noun","entry":{"ts":1527819521,"i":5824,"p":"خوشالي","f":"khoshaalee","g":"khoshaalee","e":"happiness (خوشحالي)","c":"n. f."},"gender":"fem","genderCanChange":false,"number":"singular","numberCanChange":true,"adjectives":[]}}}}],"predicate":{"type":"NP","NP":{"type":"NP","selection":{"type":"noun","entry":{"ts":1527812817,"i":10010,"p":"کتاب","f":"kitáab","g":"kitaab","e":"book","c":"n. m."},"gender":"masc","genderCanChange":false,"number":"plural","numberCanChange":true,"adjectives":[]}}},"equative":{"tense":"present","negative":false},"omitSubject":false} } +{ + {"blocks":[{"key":0.0539623363055568,"block":{"type":"subjectSelection","selection":{"type":"NP","selection":{"type":"noun","entry":{"ts":1527812903,"i":13128,"p":"مینه","f":"meena","g":"meena","e":"love","c":"n. f."},"gender":"fem","genderCanChange":false,"number":"singular","numberCanChange":true,"adjectives":[]}}}}],"predicate":{"type":"NP","NP":{"type":"NP","selection":{"type":"noun","entry":{"ts":1527815268,"i":8554,"p":"شی","f":"shey","g":"shey","e":"thing","c":"n. m.","ppp":"شیان، شیونه","ppf":"sheyáan, sheyóona"},"gender":"masc","genderCanChange":false,"number":"singular","numberCanChange":true,"adjectives":[{"type":"adjective","entry":{"ts":1527812796,"i":8655,"p":"ښه","f":"xu","g":"xu","e":"good","c":"adj."}}]}},"Complement":{"type":"EQComp","selection":{"type":"adjective","entry":{"ts":1527815306,"i":7595,"p":"ستړی","f":"stúRey","g":"stuRey","e":"tired","c":"adj."}}}},"equative":{"tense":"present","negative":false},"omitSubject":false} +} + ## Adding APs You can add as many APs as you like to a phrase. For example if we wanted to say that the weather is good here we can add the AP .