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 <br/><sup>†</sup>Not the expected ''-rinlak/-rünlak''
-Peshpeg is among the languages that use the conjunction "and" to express comitative and/or instrumental relations, hence ''dorün'' is also used as a coordinating conjunction, "and".
+Peshpeg is among the languages that use the conjunction "and" to express comitative and/or instrumental relations, hence ''dorün'' is also used as a coordinating conjunction, "and":
 {{Gloss
-|phrase = Kodzorin iruni daltashi.
+|phrase = Kodzorin dorün Jadrom iru.
-| IPA = 'kodzoɾɪn ɪɾ'uni dal'taʃi
+| IPA = 'kodzoɾɪn 'doɾyn 'd͡ʒadɾom ɪɾ'u
-| morphemes = kodzorin-∅ i-ru-ni daltashi
+| morphemes = kodzorin-∅ dorün jadrom-∅ i-ru-∅
+| gloss = hammer_PN.CL1.S-NOM and sword_PN.CL1.S-NOM PST-go-CL1.S
+| translation = Kodzorin went with Jadrom.
+}}
+The verb employs Class I singular marking, ''iru-<u>-∅</u>'', which disambiguates the meaning and function of ''dorün'', which here can only mean "with".  Had the meaning "and" been intended, the verb would require plural marking, i.e. ''iru<u>ti</u>''.
+{{Gloss
+|phrase = Kodzorin iru daltashi.
+| IPA = 'kodzoɾɪn ɪɾ'u dal'taʃi
+| morphemes = kodzorin-∅ i-ru-∅ daltashi
 | gloss = hammer_PN.CL1.S-NOM PST-go-CL1.S alone
 | translation = Kodzorin went unaccompanied.
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 | translation = The girl went unaccompanied.
 }}
+The split ergativity of the language can appear in the same clause.  In the following example, ''torzha'', a Class II noun, requires ergative marking to indicate it is serving as the agent, whilst the argument ''Kodzorin'', a Class I noun, requires the accusative marker ''-jor'' to indicate its role as the patient of the sentence:
 {{Gloss