Ergative and Nominative
Gapfill exercise
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Learn the pattern:
Subject (Nino-m) is in the Ergative case,
Transitive verb ( daxat'a - painted) is in the past tense,
Object ( q'vavil-i - flower) is in the nominative case.
Fill in the required case forms In the examples below:
1.
Nino-
[?]
daxat'a
[?]
q'vavil-
[?]
Nino painted a BLUE flower.
2.
Tamar-
[?]
dac'era
[?]
c'eril-
[?]
Tamari wrote a SHORT letter.
3.
Nodar-
[?]
iq'ida
[?]
p'ur-
[?]
Nodari bought FRESH bread.
4.
gogona-
[?]
dalia
[?]
c'q'al-
[?]
A girl drank the COLD water.
5.
bich'-
[?]
shech'ama t'k'bil-
[?]
naq'in-
[?]
A boy ate a SWEET ice-cream.
6.
deda-
[?]
gamoacxo
[?]
namcxvar-
[?]
Mother baked a TASTY cake.
7.
Vano-
[?]
garecxa
[?]
mankana-
[?]
Vano washed an OLD car.
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