ngúrn- (monotransitive verb), imperfective ngúrnavam: to see, notice, look at.
ta ‘ca ngúrn-am mál
not I see.PERF-TRANS he/she.ACC
“I didn’t see him/her”
ngúrnavam is a typical monotransitive verb in that it can only take one object, which is always in the accusative. You should note that it occurs very often in its so-called middle form, without the transitive suffix -am. When used in this way, its meaning is a bit different, and very difficult to translate directly – but probably closest to “it looks like” or “it appears (to be the case) that”. In the following examples, note that, when the middle voice is used, the normal word order is inverted, and the verb must come at the beginning of the sentence (rather than following the subject):
ngúrnav Andárut
see.IMPERF.MID Andárut
“[that] looks like Andárut”
ngúrnav mangávem
see.IMPERF.MID ill-DEF
“[he] appears to be ill/looks ill”