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| ''donor'' || colspan="2" | recipient || ''donor'' || colspan="3" | ''donor | | ''donor'' || colspan="2" | recipient || ''donor'' || colspan="3" | ''donor | ||
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As can be seen from the table above, any high tones on clitics or stems spread to the next syllable of the word only if it is located immediately before or after the verbal stem. This can be seen in the examples below: | As can be seen from the table above, any high tones on clitics or stems spread to the next syllable of the word only if it is located immediately before or after the verbal stem. The person agreement suffixes typically receive a high tone, if two consecutive syllables have it. This can be seen in the examples below: | ||
:qow=ki-łin-t | :qow=ki-łin-t | ||
:''qokʷiłinut'' | :''qokʷiłinut'' | ||
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:qow=é-'''ki'''-łin-t | :qow=é-'''ki'''-łin-t | ||
:'' | :'''''qó'''wé'''kí'''łinat'' | ||
:“I can swim” | :“I can swim” | ||
where the prefix ''é-'' spreads its high tone on the following short pre-stem syllable; but in other cases it does not. | where the prefix ''é-'' spreads its high tone on the following short pre-stem syllable; but in other cases it does not. | ||