Modern Nahuatl data needed

[Tomas Amando Amaya Aquino]

Sasaki san / Sasakatzin

Fron the nahuatl of Cuetzalan:
Example 1
"You will be leader" --> Titayecanque tiyezqui
"I was rich" --> Nitomineh nicatca
Example 2
You will become leader --> Titayecanque timochihuaz
Example 3
Ahmo ximochoquili yn tehuantzin, in cachi cualli ma timihtotican
(Do not cry please, let us dance, it is better!)
Example 4
You are a real priest --> Tinelli (yn) titeopixcat
Here you could have several combinations:
Nelli in titeopixcat --> really you are a priest
In nelli yn titeopixcat --> it is true that you are a priest
Yn nelly in titeopixcat --> what ist true is that you are a priest.
Just to make you think. And I hope I have helped you.

Tomas Amaya







2012/10/9 SASAKI Mitsuya <hawatari21centuries at gmail.com>

> Nocnihuantzitzine,
>
> I am currently working on the Classical Nahuatl "subject" marking on
> non-predicate nouns, and desperately need the comparable data from modern
> Nahuatl dialects.
>
> I'd really appreciate it if you'd show me if the Nahuatl dialect(s) you
> are working on has 1st- or 2nd-person subject marking (obligatory or
> optional) on nouns in the following four environments:
>
> (1) Predicate of non-present (past/future) copular sentences.
>  CN ex. [a] TI-tla'toa:ni tiyez
>         "You will be the king."
>         [b] NI-coco:cahua' nicatca
>         "I was a rich person."
>
> (2) Resultative complement of "become" etc.
>  CN ex. [c] TI-piltzintli ti-mochi:hua
>         "You become a child."
>
> (3) Subject or object of a verb.
>  CN ex. [d] ninocho:quilia in N-amoko:l
>         "I, your grandfather, lament"
>
> (4) Adjective + noun construction.
>  CN ex. [e] TI-nelli TI-sacerdote
>         "You who are a real priest"
>
> For example, according to Tuggy, Tetelcingo Nahuatl seems to preserve most
> of those obligatory nominal "subject" person markings.
> Michoacan Nahuatl, on the other hand, seems to have lost the "subject"
> marking on non-predicate nouns.
> Most published grammatical works don't provide enough information as to
> those phenomena anyway.
>
> Are those nominal person markings obligatory, optional, or impossible in
> the Nahuatl dialect(s) you are working on?
>
> Any positive or negative information will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Cencah tlazohcamati,
>
> Mitsuya Sasaki
>
> Dept. of Linguistics, University of Tokyo
> hawatari21centuries at gmail.com
> 1625659743 at mail.ecc.u-tokyo.**ac.jp <1625659743 at mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp>
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