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General

Morphemic form: {əqniq}V
New orthography: ernerluni, ernerlugu
Old orthography: ernerlune, ernerlugo
Sources: [MFSJLK10], [SK71], [CWSL58], [CBBJRPIKJR97]
Combinations: View list
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Default/none
Stem type: q-stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The meaning of this stem is 'immediately' or 'right away' It is an adverbial expression with no inherent valency. It is only used in the contemporative mood, and the ending will be either intransitive or transitive depending on the type of the ending on the verb it modifies. The person marker will be the same as (or coreferent to) the Subject marker of the modified verb, if it is intransitive; and to the Object marker if transitive. Thus, we can define the meaning as:

See further in the examples below.


Inflection

Inflection pattern:

Stem type: q-stem
Inflection sandhi: Default/none


Meanings and examples

Only in the contemporative mood, with the ending matching the type of ending on the verb it modifies.

Tags: Time

  • ernerluni iserpoq, he entered immediately [CWSL58]

    The main verb is intransitive, and the Subject is 3sg; ernerluni is therefore intransitive, and the person marker is 4sg, which is coreferent to 3sg.

  • ernerlunga aallassaanga, I shall leave right away [CWSL58]

    The main verb is intransitive, and the Subject is 1sg; ernerlunga is therefore intransitive, and the person marker is 1sg, matching the Subject of the main verb.

  • ernerlugu oqaluuppara, I spoke with him immediately [CWSL58]

    The main verb is transitive, and the Object is 3sg; ernerlugu is therefore transitive, and the person marker is 3sg, matching the Object of the main verb.

  • ernerluinnarluni, (he Vb'ing) immediately [CWSL58]

    I.e. even more immediate that the unmodified stem.


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