Klallam Grammar

45 Recipient, Beneficiary, and Source Objects

In §44 you learned about the agent and patient roles in Klallam sentences. There are other important participant roles in Klallam grammar. This section covers three Klallam suffixes that linguists call 'applicatives'. These suffixes signal that the direct object is not a patient and that it has some other particular role. The -ust suffix marks a 'recipient' direct object. The -sit suffix marks a 'beneficiary' direct object. The -ŋit suffix marks a 'source' direct object
 

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