527

ati.fia 'to be able' (Jopoqueri, Corque, Salinas, Morocomarca,
Calacala)

puyri.fia ‘to be able' (elsewhere; < Spanish poder)

Examples of nonobligatory zero complements with

“na:

Kun.s lura.ng mun.ta ? ‘What do you want to do?'
what do — want 233 (all dialects except Sitajara)
S

Aymar parla.fAg ama:.t"a. 'I want to speak Aymara. '
speak ~ want 133 (Sitajara)
S

Uk"ama.1] g"ana.k sara.naga.si.f@ yat.chi.
sO clear go around ~ know NI

‘So it's clear she must know how to live.' (Sitajara)

Surki.ya.n@ yanap.t'.ita. ‘Help me make furrows.’ (Calacoa)
furrow ~ help 2>]

I surki < Spanish surco

7-4.21.22 -na obligatory

Most sentences with a main verb nominalized
with -fia are translated as obligatory, especially when
suffixed with -wa absolute (final suffix). Such sen-
tences, which contain no inflection, translate as ‘it is

necessary to', 'we/one must', or a passive construction.