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*''-n''<!-- (''f.''; Nom.: ''-ní''; Gen: ''-́ni'')-->: Used to nominalize verbs. The verb is placed in the subordinate - e.g. ''rubdóonan'' "that they live"; ''ku mayarkínon'' "that he did not see you" | *''-n''<!-- (''f.''; Nom.: ''-ní''; Gen: ''-́ni'')-->: Used to nominalize verbs. The verb is placed in the subordinate - e.g. ''rubdóonan'' "that they live"; ''ku mayarkínon'' "that he did not see you" | ||
*''-m''<!-- (''m.''; Nom.: ''-mí''; Gen: ''-́mi'')-->: Used as a head for otherwise headless attributives. It can often be roughly translated to "one". Its meaning overlaps with the indefinite pronoun, but ''-m'' is more general and cannot be used without a modifier - e.g. ''kíishim'' "mine"; ''dhéerem'' "tall (one)" | *''-m''<!-- (''m.''; Nom.: ''-mí''; Gen: ''-́mi'')-->: Used as a head for otherwise headless attributives. It can often be roughly translated to "one". Its meaning overlaps with the indefinite pronoun, but ''-m'' is more general and cannot be used without a modifier - e.g. ''kíishim'' "mine"; ''dhéerem'' "tall (one)" | ||
**When the attributive ends in a consonant, an epenthetic ''-i-'' is inserted - e.g. '' | **When the attributive ends in a consonant, an epenthetic ''-i-'' is inserted - e.g. ''lábim'' "male (one)" | ||
**Attributive verbs occur in the 3SM form when ''-m'' takes the place of the subject. Otherwise, it occurs in the subordinate form appropriate to the subject. | **Attributive verbs occur in the 3SM form when ''-m'' takes the place of the subject. Otherwise, it occurs in the subordinate form appropriate to the subject. | ||