59_Expressing Directed Feelings (ni + -x-)

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Expressing Directed Feelings

To express a feeling directed toward another person or object (e.g., “I like you,” “I am angry at him”), the language employs a specific transitive construction using the relational particle ni (Allative case) and the verbal infix 06A_-x- (Morphological Infix) (force/exertion).

The Concept

The logic behind this structure is that one does not simply “have” a feeling relative to someone else; one exerts or directs that feeling toward them.

• The Allative particle ni marks the target or destination of the feeling.
• The Infix -x- (placed before the verbal suffix ů) transforms a noun (e.g., sùki - love) into an verb (e.g., sùkixů - to give / direct love unto).

Syntactic Structure

[Subject] + ni -[Target] + [Noun]-x-ů

Component	Function	Example
Subject	The feeler	Wo (I/Subject)
Particle	Direction marker (Toward)	ni
Target	The object of the feeling	John
Verb	The feeling + Transitive Infix	sùkixů (sùki + x + ů)

Examples

1. Liking / Affection

• Wo ni John sùkixů.
  • Translation: I like John. (Literally: I direct goodness toward John). 2. Anger / Hatred
• Ni jo fůkőxů.
  • Translation: (I) hate it. (Literally: I direct hatred toward it).

3. General Rule Any adjective or noun describing a state of mind can be lexicalized into a directed verb using this structure to indicate how one feels about a specific target.