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Although nouns are not marked for number, verbs may be ''optionally'' marked by one of three particles preceding the auxiliary to indicate the number of the core arguments. The particles may exhibit free word order between the main verb and auxiliary; however, their usual location is immediately before the auxiliary. Note that these particles can be used only for '''transitive''' clauses, thus the number of both core arguments, the higher animate noun and lower animate noun are both marked | |||
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Unmarked: | |||
# Rompóy kurashno rayro tayta "The girl(s) played with the dog(s)." | |||
# Rompóy kurashno tarayro tayta "The dog(s) played with the girl(s)." | |||
Higher Animate Plural x Lower Animate Singular | |||
# Rompóy kurashno rayro nonkóy tayta "The girls played with the dog." | |||
# Rompóy kurashno tarayro nonkóy tayta "The dog played with the girl." | |||
Higher Animate Singular x Lower Animate Plural | |||
# Rompóy kurashno rayro kor tayta "The girl played with the dogs." | |||
# Rompóy kurashno tarayro kor tayta "The dogs played with the girl." | |||
Higher Animate Plural x Lower Animate Plural | |||
# Rompóy kurashno rayro nonkórtayta "The girls played with the dogs." | |||
# Rompóy kurashno tarayro nonkórtayta "The dogs played with the girls." | |||
=====Auxiliary Verbs ===== | =====Auxiliary Verbs ===== | ||