Usage
For example, in Walmajarri:
Yapa-warnti | pa-lu | tjurtu-karrarla | laparnkanja | natji-karti. |
child-. | -they | dust- | ran away | cave- |
The children ran into the cave because of the dust storm. |
The suffix -karrarla indicates that the action (running away) was carried out in order to avoid the dust storm, tjurtu-.
The aversive may also be used to mark the object of verbs of fearing. For example, in Djabugay:
Djama-lan | ŋawu | yarrnga-nj. |
snake- | I | be afraid- |
I was afraid of the snake. |
The aversive may be used on a nominalized verb, to produce an equivalent of English "lest". For example, "lest they be forgotten" could be encoded as "to avoid forgetting them".
Read more about this topic: Aversive Case
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