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Relativizing particle: ''a-'' (with prefix: ''-ä-'') | Relativizing particle: ''a-'' (with prefix: ''-ä-'') | ||
When used with a verb, the relativizing particle takes pronominal concord prefixes and precedes the subject concord prefix. When the subject is first/second person, either first/second or third person subject prefixes can be used - e.g. ኘኝልዪዙጘ ኘመ ''nyänyïlyizúngä nyämä'' or ኘያልዪዙጘ ኘመ ''nyäyalyizúngä nyämä'' "meat that I cooked" (more literally, "that-I-cooked-it meat"). It is negated with the post-subject secondary negation morpheme -ሲ- ''-si-''. | When used with a verb, the relativizing particle takes pronominal concord prefixes and precedes the subject concord prefix. The verb occurs in the indicative. When the subject is first/second person, either first/second or third person subject prefixes can be used - e.g. ኘኝልዪዙጘ ኘመ ''nyänyïlyizúngä nyämä'' or ኘያልዪዙጘ ኘመ ''nyäyalyizúngä nyämä'' "meat that I cooked" (more literally, "that-I-cooked-it meat"). It is negated with the post-subject secondary negation morpheme -ሲ- ''-si-''. | ||
The relativizing particle is also used with nouns/pronouns for the possessive, in which case it attaches to the possessor. With possession, concord prefixes agree with the possessed (but are optional). | The relativizing particle is also used with nouns/pronouns for the possessive, in which case it attaches to the possessor. With possession, concord prefixes agree with the possessed (but are optional). | ||