SumerianGrammar

CONTENTS
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12.14.4.7. 2 nd sg. marû .............................. 139
12.14.4.8. 3 rd sg. person-class marû .......... 140
12.14.4.9. 3 rd sg. non-person class marû 140
12.14.4.10. 3 rd pl. person-class marû .......... 140
12.14.4.11. Irregular behaviour of the
verb ∞gen/du ............................ 140
12.14.4.12. deli-∞gu 10 -ne etc. ........................ 141
12.14.4.13. Conjugated participles: open
questions .................................. 141
12.15. Compound verbs ........................................................ 142
12.15.1. Compound verbs: free formations ............ 143
12.15.1.1. Extended nominal element .... 145
12.15.1.2. “u ti/te(-∞g) and other
compound verbs and the
special behaviour of their
“objects” .................................. 145
12.15.1.3. Complete incorporation of the
nominal element ...................... 147
12.15.2. Compound verbs with a verbalizer .......... 148
12.15.2.1. Clear cases of verbalization .... 148
12.15.2.2. Verbalization no longer
recognizable to us .................. 149
12.15.3. Difficult case: artificial splits .................... 149
12.16. Nominalization of finite verbal forms ...................... 150
12.16.1. The nominalized phrase is in the
absolutive .................................................... 151
12.16.2. The nominalized phrase is in the genitive 152
12.16.3. The nominalized phrase is in the locative 152
12.16.4. The nominalized phrase is in the ablative 153
12.16.5. The nominalized phrase is in the
terminative .................................................. 154
12.16.6. The nominalized phrase is in the
equative ........................................................ 154
12.16.7. Nominalized phrase with a possessive
particle ........................................................ 154
CHAPTER THIRTEEN Post-nominal and/or post-verbal
particles other than case particles (5.4) ................................ 157
13.1. [(e)“e] ............................................................................ 157
13.2. [∞ ge“en] ([∞ gi“en]) ............................................................ 158