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 :3SG.CAUS-1SG.ABS-PST-go-DRPAC Father match-DAT square-ball-GEN
 :Dad took me to the baseball game!
+====Equative sentences====
+The copula, ''fei'' (past: ''pui'', future: ''mei''), is an intransitive verb, and the thing or person that is being equated to is marked with ''-kka''.
+:''∅-'''Fei'''-Charartu-nu na-mahai-pu-'''kka'''.''
+:''3SG.ABS-be-Charartu-DRPAC 1SG.GEN-call-GER-DAT
+:Charartu is my name.
 ===Nouns===
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 :3SG.ABS-PST-run-DRPAC 3SG.GEN-house-PL-DAT red two
 :She ran to her two red houses.
+===Derivation===
+Words can be derived into other parts of speech with the following suffixes:
+{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;"
+|-
+! rowspan="2" colspan="2"|
+! colspan="4"|From...
+|-
+! Noun
+! Verb
+! Adjective<br>or Determiner
+! Adverb
+|-
+! rowspan="4"|To...
+! Noun
+| -
+| ''-pu''
+| ''-rtu''
+| ''-rtu''
+|-
+! Verb
+| ''-ttya'' (to be X, temporarily)<br>''-ttyu'' (to do an X-like thing)
+| -
+| ''-rtuttyu''<br>''-isattyu'' (to become X)
+| ''-rtuttyu''
+|-
+! Adjective<br>or Determiner
+| ''-rri''
+| ''-pirri''
+| -
+| ''-pirri''
+|-
+! Adverb
+| ''-kke''
+| ''-pekke''
+| ''-rte''
+| -
+|}
+Note that derived verbs can also be made causative.
+:''We-ni-pu-mupukku-'''ttya'''-nu mika setuki!''
+:3SG.CAUS-1SG.ABS-PST-pig-be-DRPAC unwillingly witch
+:The witch turned me into a pig!
 ==Syntax==