 In addition, Yupʼik uses ergative/absolutive alignment.For example, the sentence "Angyaq tak'uq" means "The boat is long" and shows how "the absolutive case can function as the subject of an intransitive verb" (Angyaq is the noun) (64).Comparatively, the sentence "Angyaq kiputaa," or "He buys the boat," shows the absolutive case in regards to a transitive verb, where the object is once again "Angyaq".