The Arara intermediate past construction

(declarative, main clause construction)

Person marking is identical to the Arara mixed Set I/II clause, except for third person, where mon(i)- is found. Notably, this marker cannot co-occur with the TAM marker -te, which does occur with the other person prefixes (Alves 2017: 155). Although the description indicates that all third person scenarios are marked with mon(i)-, it seems like Sp verbs do not receive the marker. There is only one example of an Sp verb in the intermediate past with a third person argument, and it shows the idiosyncratic marker ju-:

(1) Arara (Alves 2017: 85)
ju-bage-lɨ
3.Sp-wake.up-REC
uraŋmo
child
The child woke up.
All other examples of intransitive verbs with third person arguments in the intermediate past are with Sa verbs.
Transitive person marking
1P2P1+2P1+3P3P
1Ak(o)(w)-j-/in(i)-
2Augu-? m(i)-, m(ɨ)-
1+2Akud-/kut-/kut͡ʃi-
1+3A? ?
3Aj-/ɨ(w)-o(w)-ugu-? mon(i)-
Intransitive person marking
1j-/ɨ(w)-, w(ɨ)-, k-
2o(w)-, m(ɨ)-
1+2ugu-, kut-
1+3?
3Ø/i-, mon(i)-

Form Function(s) Cognate set(s) References