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====Proximate/obviative affixes====
====Proximate/obviative affixes====
The 3rd person, or proximate, object marks foreground or central referents, usually the first one or the most animate/possessing one mentioned soon after it. while the 4th person, or obviative, object refers to background or peripheral referents. The third person and the fourth person combine as 3+4=3, and when parts of a proximate plural is taken out, the first noun phrase to be taken out is the new 3rd person.
The 3rd person, or proximate, object marks foreground or central referents, usually the first one or the most animate/possessing one mentioned soon after it. while the 4th person, or obviative, object refers to background or peripheral referents. The third person and the fourth person combine as 3+4=3, and when parts of a proximate plural is taken out, the first noun phrase to be taken out is the new 3rd person.
{{gloss
|phrase = Hezūvasré Colnosimáttmē ie Mirchâ né ıégléch ħēdāthénne, mežî ramlēsré né žlómalcámth canílsnuhu scőtálg zîm teizár vo nassams{{blue|ŧû}}.
|IPA=/hèzuːvasreꜜ kòlnosimattꜜmeː ìəmirxaꜜa néjeglexꜜ ħèːdaːθenꜜne mèʒiꜜi ràmleːsreꜜ néʒlomalcamθꜜ kànilꜜsnuhu scóːtalgꜜ zíꜜim teizarꜜ vònassamst͡ʃuꜜu/
|morphemes = he-zūv-asré colnosimáttm-ē ie Mirch-â ne=ıégléch ħēdāth-énn-e, mežî raml-ēsré ne=žlómalc-ámth c<an>íls-nuh-Ø-u scőtálg zîm teizár vo=nassams-{{blue|ŧû}}
|gloss = IPFV-dispute-IPFV.3/4PL.M North.Wind-DEF.SG and Sun-DEF.SG COMPZ=which.one powerful-COMP-PRED.M.SG, then agree-PFV.3/4PL.M COMPZ=win.see-PASS.JUSS.3SG take.off<ACT.PTCP>-CAUS-ACT.PRES-3/4SG.M>DEF.SG.M/CONJ traveller first successfully DAT=clothing-{{blue|4SG.M>DEF.PL}}
|translation=The North Wind and the Sun disputed as to which was the most powerful and agreed that he should be declared the victor who could first strip a way-faring man of his clothes.}}
Because the traveler (''scőtálg'') is an obviate referent, his clothes are referred to as ''nassams{{blue|ŧû}}'', with the fourth person possessor, not ''nassams{{blue|û}}'', which would be interpreted as "the North Wind's clothes".


====Comparison====
====Comparison====