SUMERIAN

CONTENTS
LESSON 5
PRONOUNS, ADVERBS, AND NUMERALS ..........................................................................61
5.1 Pronouns ................................................................................................................61
5.2 Adverbs of manner and the adverbiative ............................................................68
5.3 Numerals ................................................................................................................70
Further readings ..........................................................................................................74
Exercises........................................................................................................................74
LESSON 6
THE VERBAL TEMPLATE......................................................................................................77
6.1 The general structure of the finite verbal form..................................................77
6.2 The prefixes of S11–15 ..........................................................................................78
6.3 The adverbial prefixes ..........................................................................................79
6.4 The prefixes of S1–5 ..............................................................................................82
6.5 Observations on the functioning of the finite verbal form ..............................83
Further readings ..........................................................................................................87
Exercises........................................................................................................................88
LESSON 7
NON-FINITE VERBAL FORMS AND RELATIVE CLAUSES ..................................................91
7.1 Non-finite verbal forms ........................................................................................91
7.2 The subordinator suffix (Slot 15)..........................................................................94
7.3 Relative clauses ......................................................................................................96
7.4 Non-finite verbal forms expressing a purpose ................................................100
7.5 Non-finite verbal forms as adverbial clauses of time ......................................102
Further readings ........................................................................................................104
Exercises......................................................................................................................104
LESSON 8
NON-VERBAL PREDICATION AND OTHER USES OF THE COPULA..................................107
8.1 Copular clauses ....................................................................................................107
8.2 Non-verbal predicates without a copula ..........................................................112
8.3 Copular biclausal constructions ........................................................................114
8.4 The copula functioning as standard marker ....................................................116
8.5 The copula functioning as focus marker ..........................................................117
Further readings ........................................................................................................119
Exercises......................................................................................................................119
LESSON 9
VERBAL TENSE....................................................................................................................123
9.1 The formal marking of the tenses ......................................................................123
9.2 The preterite ........................................................................................................126
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