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======Tense and Voice ======

Nankôre is rich in voice and tense distinctions. These distinctions are combined in an auxiliary verb, formed by adding one or more prefixes to the copular verb ''itá'' /ɪ'taʔ/. The ~~tense affixes in~~ the Neutral ~~voice encode~~ formality, with the long forms, i.e. ''man'itá', suphitá', tā'itá', hô'itá', and pā'itá''', used for formal situations.

Nankôre is rich in voice and tense distinctions. These distinctions are combined in an auxiliary verb, formed by adding one or more prefixes to the copular verb ''itá'' /ɪ'taʔ/, hence this auxiliary is called the ''itá''-verb. The ''itá''-auxiliary verb is always clause final, the main verb and any other VP particles preceding it. One voice, the Neutral, also encodes formality, with the long forms, i.e. ''man'itá', suphitá', tā'itá', hô'itá', and pā'itá''', used for formal situations, and the short forms for informal conversation among friends and family.

In a clause chain, the auxiliary for the Neutral voice may be dropped after the first clause from the entire discourse. All clauses following the initial clause take the dropped auxiliary's tense; if the auxiliary is mentioned again, it usually is done to indicate a tense shift. However, if the auxiliary is in any of the non-Neutral voices, it must be retained in the discourse.

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 ======Tense and Voice ======
-Nankôre is rich in voice and tense distinctions.  These distinctions are combined in an auxiliary verb, formed by adding one or more prefixes to the copular verb ''itá'' /ɪ'taʔ/. The tense affixes in the Neutral voice encode formality, with the long forms, i.e. ''man'itá', suphitá', tā'itá',  hô'itá', and pā'itá''',  used for formal situations.
+Nankôre is rich in voice and tense distinctions.  These distinctions are combined in an auxiliary verb, formed by adding one or more prefixes to the copular verb ''itá'' /ɪ'taʔ/, hence this auxiliary is called the ''itá''-verb.  The ''itá''-auxiliary verb is always clause final, the main verb and any other VP particles  preceding it.  One voice, the Neutral, also encodes formality, with the long forms, i.e. ''man'itá', suphitá', tā'itá',  hô'itá', and pā'itá''',  used for formal situations, and the short forms for informal conversation among friends and family.
 In a clause chain, the auxiliary for the Neutral voice may be dropped after the first clause from the entire discourse.  All clauses following the initial clause take the dropped auxiliary's tense; if the auxiliary is mentioned again, it usually is done to indicate a tense shift.  However, if the auxiliary is in any of the non-Neutral voices, it must be retained in the discourse.