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/ˈdaⁿtəʔ-ɟa naⁿ-kʷəʔˈta ʎə-ˈɕəʔ wəʔˈjuːʎəʔ/ | /ˈdaⁿtəʔ-ɟa naⁿ-kʷəʔˈta ʎə-ˈɕəʔ wəʔˈjuːʎəʔ/ | ||
[ˈdantɪɟːæ | [ˈdantɪɟːæ naŋkʷʊˈtːa ʎɪˈɕːɪʔ wʏʔˈjʉːʎɪʔ] | ||
tooth-ERG GEN-dog ATEL-be sharp | tooth-ERG GEN-dog ATEL-be sharp | ||
The dog's teeth are sharp. | The dog's teeth are sharp. | ||
==Relative Clauses== | |||
These always follow the noun that they modify, which they are separated from by the proclitic /xaⁿ/ e.g. | |||
/kʷəʔˈta xaⁿ=ʎə-ˈkəʔta ˈʀʷəʔtʷəʔ/ | |||
[kʷʊˈtːa xæɲʎɪˈkətːa ˈʁʷɔtːʷʊʔ] | |||
dog.ABS REL=ATEL-bite bone.ABS | |||
The dog that is biting the bone. | |||
Inside a relative clause, subjects must always be marked with the ergative case marker e.g. | |||
/ˈʀʷəʔtʷəʔ xaⁿ=kʷəʔˈta-ɟa ʎə-ˈkəʔta/ | |||
[ˈʁʷɔtːʷʊʔ xaŋkʷʊˈtːæɟæ ʎɪˈkətːa] | |||
bone REL=dog-ERG ATEL-bite | |||
The bone that the dog is biting. | |||
==Numbers== | |||
As in English, numbers precede the noun that they modify e.g. | |||
/tʷuː kʷəʔˈta/ | |||
two dog | |||
Two dogs | |||
To make ordinal numerals, prefix /də/ to the numeral e.g. | |||
/də-tʷuː kʷəʔˈta/ | |||
ORD-two dog | |||
The second dog | |||
However, the Thangha' word for "first" is irregular. Whilst the numeral for "one" is /faⁿ/, the word for "first" is /wəʔˈnaⁿ/. | |||