Objects
The object of a non-specific verb must end in a suffix that indicates its syntactic role:
- Piitamik takuvit? Do you see Peter?
The object of a non-specific verb takes one of the suffixes below, depending on its number:
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Indefinite suffixes Singular -mik /m/ nasalises a preceding consonant Dual -rnik deletes any preceding consonant and doubles the length of the preceding vowel Plural -nik /n/ nasalises a preceding consonant
A film-inspired example using the verb taku- - to see - and inuviniq - dead person:
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Singular: Inuvinirmik takujunga I see a dead person. Dual: Inuviniirnik takujunga I see two dead people. Plural: Inuvinirnik takujunga I see dead people.
To say "I see the dead person" or "I see the dead people" requires a specific verb, which is described in the section below.
Read more about this topic: Inuit Grammar, Non-specific Verbs
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“Adultery itself in its principle is many times nothing but a curious inquisition after, and envy of another man’s enclosed pleasures: and there have been many who refused fairer objects that they might ravish an enclosed woman from her retirement and single possessor.”
—Jeremy Taylor (1613–1667)
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
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—Charles Dickens (1812–1870)