Common use of Partial agreement Clause in Contracts

Partial agreement. ✓ 2.1. When the subject is a noun referring to animates or inanimates and marked as plural, it requires the 3rd singular verb form. The agreement is partial when the verb agrees with the marked gender but not with the marked number of the noun. The verb is in SG. (19) Singular vs Plural dabeːlí geɖé - dabelwá geɖ-t-é [geɖɖé] billy_goat.M.S go.3MSG.PFV - billy_goats.F ▇▇.▇▇-▇▇▇.▇▇ A/the billy goat left - (The) billy goats left 6 There is neither gender nor aspectual opposition in the conjugation of this type of verb (20) Singular vs Plural ʕalé taníh - ʕaleːlá / ʕalwá ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇.▇▇▇▇.▇▇ - mountains ▇▇.▇▇▇▇.▇▇ There is a mountain - There are mountains (21) Singular vs Plural waħró geɖ-t-é [geɖɖé] - waħroːrá geɖ-t-é [geɖɖé] she-panther ▇▇.▇▇-▇▇▇.▇▇ - she-panthers ▇▇.▇▇-▇▇▇.▇▇ The she-panther left - The female panthers left (22) Singular vs Plural boroːsí/baroːsí rad-d-é - boroːsiːjá / baroːsiját raddé / radé anchor fall-3F-PFV - anchors (F.)/(M). fall-3F-PFV / fall-3M-PFV the anchor fell - The anchors fell The only exception in our data concerns a category of boats, borrowed from Arabic. The agreement in gender does not correspond to the morpho-phonological mark. The noun is marked as masculine but the verb is in the ▇▇.▇▇. Here F. is a default gender in the agreement with inanimate controller marked as M. (23) doːník ħayyú má geɖ-ɖ-á (24) huːrí / hawaːrí ‘small boat, dinghi’, noun is F. in SG. and PL. The agreement is in F. markáb / maraːkíb ‘ferry (Dj.)’ M. in SG and PL. with the agreement in M.

Partial agreement. ✓  2.1. When the subject is a noun referring to animates or inanimates and marked as plural, it requires the 3rd singular verb form. The agreement is partial when the verb agrees with the marked gender but not with the marked number of the noun. The verb is in SG. (19) Singular vs Plural dabeːlí geɖé - dabelwá geɖ-t-é [geɖɖé] billy_goat.M.S go.3MSG.PFV - billy_goats.F ▇▇.▇▇-▇▇▇.▇▇ A/the billy goat left - (The) billy goats left 6 There is neither gender nor aspectual opposition in the conjugation of this type of verb (20) Singular vs Plural ʕalé taníh - ʕaleːlá / ʕalwá ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇.▇▇▇▇.▇▇ - mountains ▇▇.▇▇▇▇.▇▇ There is a mountain - There are mountains (21) Singular vs Plural waħró geɖ-t-é [geɖɖé] - waħroːrá geɖ-t-é [geɖɖé] she-panther ▇▇.▇▇-▇▇▇.▇▇ - she-panthers ▇▇.▇▇-▇▇▇.▇▇ The she-panther left - The female panthers left (22) Singular vs Plural boroːsí/baroːsí rad-d-é - boroːsiːjá / baroːsiját raddé / radé anchor fall-3F-PFV - anchors (F.)/(M). fall-3F-PFV / fall-3M-PFV the anchor fell - The anchors fell The only exception in our data concerns a category of boats, borrowed from Arabic. The agreement in gender does not correspond to the morpho-phonological mark. The noun is marked as masculine but the verb is in the ▇▇.▇▇. Here F. is a default gender in the agreement with inanimate controller marked as M. (23) doːník ħayyú má geɖ-ɖ-á (24) huːrí / hawaːrí ‘small boat, dinghi’, noun is F. in SG. and PL. The agreement is in F. markáb / maraːkíb ‘ferry (Dj.)’ M. in SG and PL. with the agreement in M.

Partial agreement. ✓ 2.1. When the subject is a noun referring to animates or inanimates and marked as plural, it requires the 3rd singular verb form. The agreement is partial when the verb agrees with the marked gender but not with the marked number of the noun. The verb is in SG. (19) Singular vs Plural dabeːlí geɖé - dabelwá geɖ-t-é [geɖɖé] billy_goat.M.S go.3MSG.PFV - billy_goats.F ▇▇.▇▇-▇▇▇.▇▇ A/the billy ▇▇▇▇▇ goat left - (The) billy ▇▇▇▇▇ goats left 6 There is neither gender nor aspectual opposition in the conjugation of this type of verb (20) Singular vs Plural ʕalé taníh - ʕaleːlá / ʕalwá ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ tanih mountain ▇▇.▇▇▇▇.▇▇ - mountains ▇▇.▇▇▇▇.▇▇ There is a mountain - There are mountains (21) Singular vs Plural waħró geɖ-t-é [geɖɖé] - waħroːrá geɖ-t-é [geɖɖé] she-panther ▇▇.▇▇-▇▇▇.▇▇ - she-panthers ▇▇.▇▇-▇▇▇.▇▇ The she-panther left - The female panthers left (22) Singular vs Plural boroːsí/baroːsí rad-d-é - boroːsiːjá / baroːsiját raddé ▇▇▇▇▇́ / radé ▇▇▇▇́ anchor fall-3F-PFV - anchors (F.)/(M). fall-3F-PFV / fall-3M-PFV the anchor fell - The anchors fell The only exception in our data concerns a category of boats, borrowed from Arabic. The agreement in gender does not correspond to the morpho-phonological mark. The noun is marked as masculine but the verb is in the ▇▇.▇▇. Here F. is a default gender in the agreement with inanimate controller marked as M. (23) doːník ħayyú má geɖ-ɖ-á (24) huːrí / hawaːrí ‘small boat, dinghi’, noun is F. in SG. and PL. The agreement is in F. markáb / maraːkíb ‘ferry (Dj.)’ M. in SG and PL. with the agreement in M.