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Prepositions can be classified into two groups; conjugating and non-conjugating. This may be somewhat a misnomer, as even non-conjugating prepositions may take suffix conjugation when they are used with a personal pronoun, but this is not considered true conjugation. Conjugating pronouns conjugate to match the main subject of a sentence. | Prepositions can be classified into two groups; conjugating and non-conjugating. This may be somewhat a misnomer, as even non-conjugating prepositions may take suffix conjugation when they are used with a personal pronoun, but this is not considered true conjugation. Conjugating pronouns conjugate to match the main subject of a sentence. | ||
{| class="wikitable" style="display: inline-table;" | {| class="wikitable" style="display: inline-table;" | ||
|+caption | Conjugating | |+caption | Conjugating Prepositions | ||
|- | |- | ||
! {{interlinear|3SG}} | ! {{interlinear|3SG}} | ||
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! Meaning | ! Meaning | ||
! Notes | ! Notes | ||
! Example | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ''báa'' | | ''báa'' | ||
| ''wānū'' | | ''wānū'' | ||
| [[w:Focus (linguistics)|focus]] | | [[w:Focus (linguistics)|focus]] | ||
| | | ''bān'' before words starting with vowels or /ʔ/; conditions an adnominal verb | ||
| ''ḥamaba '''báa'''’Amnu díyālana''—'It was Amn who wrote the letter' | |||
|- | |||
| ''báta'' | |||
| ''wátū'' | |||
| [[w:Complementizer|complementizer]] | |||
| does not trigger tone sandhi | |||
| ''bamḥúdúú ’ayráásííná '''bátū''' kīhu ruffút''—'the Aerans think this is their land' | |||
|} | |} | ||
{| class="wikitable" style="display: inline-table;" | {| class="wikitable" style="display: inline-table;" | ||
|+caption | Non-conjugating | |+caption | Non-conjugating Prepositions | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Independent | ! Independent | ||
! Meaning | ! Meaning | ||
! Notes | ! Notes | ||
! Example | |||
|- | |- | ||
| ''daá'' | | ''daá'' | ||
| [[w:Dative case|dative case]] | | [[w:Dative case|dative case]] | ||
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| ''’aḥmub díyālana '''daá'''’Ámní''–'I wrote a letter to Amn' | |||
|} | |} | ||
== Verbs == | == Verbs == | ||