Common Lexeme

pifit

Keywords: games

Pronunciation (IPA): 'pi.vit 
Part of Speech: term noun 
Class: skurun 
Forms: pifit 
Glosses: game, match, play 

Description:

The term 'pifit' refers specifically to a match of a game, rather than to the game or sport as a whole.

Noun:

As  anoun, 'pifit' refers specifically to a complete match of a game - it can be anything from a sport to a board game.

Verb:

As a verb, pifit is a skurun verb meaning to play a match. It takes an ergative subject, which is one of the contestants which is the focus of the sentence, and an absolutive object which is the other contestant. It is also commonly used in an antipassive pali form where only one of the contestants is mentioned, or both are mentioned joined with epis so that neither is specifically the focus.

To add the game that's being played, add it as a peripheral argument using the null proposition. E.g.:

Ja Seáttyl teo pifit na futpol a Nuják.

Seattle was playing New York in football.

You can use the antipassive form with a null preposition peripheral argument to say that someone is in the process of playing a game or sport, or to say they play or generally. E.g.

A Sara se pifit na futpol.

Sarah plays football.

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