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=====Animacy-Number Agreement Marking=====

~~Verbs may be ''optionally'' marked~~ by ~~one of three agreement particles preceding~~ the auxiliary to indicate the number ~~and animacy~~ of the ~~core arguments in '''transitive''' verbs. The particles may exhibit free word order between the main verb~~ and ~~auxiliary; however, their usual location is immediately before~~ the ~~auxiliary~~.

Transitive verbs mark number on core arguments by ablaut, or by adding a prefix, to the auxiliary. These markers indicate the number of both the higher animate and the lower animate arguments.

{| class="bluetable lightbluebg"

|-

! ~~Header text~~ !! Higher Animate Singular !! Higher Animate Plural

! !! Higher Animate Singular !! Higher Animate Plural

|-

! style=""| Lower Animate Singular

| --

| ~~nonkóy~~

| t(i)-

|-

! style=""| Lower Animate Plural

| ~~kor~~

| first /a/ lengthened to /a:/

| ~~nonkór~~

| ita-

|}

Unmarked:

# Rompóy kurasno rayro tā'itá'. "The girl~~(s)~~ played with the dog~~(s)~~."

# Rompóy kurasno rayro ta'itá'. "The girl played with the dog."

# Rompóy kurasno tarayro tā'itá'. "The dog~~(s)~~ played with the ~~girl(s)~~."

# Rompóy kurasno tarayro ta'itá'. "The dog played with the girls."

Higher Animate Plural x Lower Animate Singular

# Rompóy kurasno rayro ~~nonkóy tā~~'itá'. "The girls played with the dog."

# Rompóy kurasno rayro ti-ta'itá'. "The girls played with the dog."

# Rompóy kurasno tarayro ~~nonkóy tā~~'itá'. "The dog played with the girl."

# Rompóy kurasno tarayro ti-ta'itá'. "The dog played with the girl."

Higher Animate Singular x Lower Animate Plural

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Higher Animate Plural x Lower Animate Plural

# Rompóy kurasno rayro ~~nonkór~~ tā'itá'. "The girls played with the dogs."

# Rompóy kurasno rayro ita-tā'itá'. "The girls played with the dogs."

# Rompóy kurasno tarayro ~~nonkór~~ tā'itá'. "The dogs played with the girls."

# Rompóy kurasno tarayro ita-tā'itá'. "The dogs played with the girls."

=====Auxiliary Verbs =====

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 =====Animacy-Number Agreement Marking=====
-Verbs may be ''optionally'' marked by one of three agreement particles preceding the auxiliary to indicate the number and animacy of the core arguments in '''transitive''' verbs.  The particles may exhibit free word order between the main verb and auxiliary; however, their usual location is immediately before the auxiliary.
+Transitive verbs mark number on core arguments by ablaut, or by adding a prefix, to the auxiliary.  These markers indicate the number of both the higher animate and the lower animate arguments.
 {| class="bluetable lightbluebg"
 |-
-! Header text !! Higher Animate Singular !! Higher Animate Plural
+! !! Higher Animate Singular !! Higher Animate Plural
 |-
 ! style=""| Lower Animate Singular
 | --
-| nonkóy
+| t(i)-
 |-
 ! style=""| Lower Animate Plural
-| kor
+| first /a/ lengthened to /a:/
-| nonkór
+| ita-
 |}
 Unmarked:
-# Rompóy kurasno rayro tā'itá'.  "The girl(s) played with the dog(s)."
+# Rompóy kurasno rayro ta'itá'.  "The girl played with the dog."
-# Rompóy kurasno tarayro tā'itá'. "The dog(s) played with the girl(s)."
+# Rompóy kurasno tarayro ta'itá'. "The dog played with the girls."
 Higher Animate Plural x Lower Animate Singular
-# Rompóy kurasno rayro nonkóy tā'itá'. "The girls played with the dog."
+# Rompóy kurasno rayro ti-ta'itá'. "The girls played with the dog."
-# Rompóy kurasno tarayro nonkóy tā'itá'.  "The dog played with the girl."
+# Rompóy kurasno tarayro ti-ta'itá'.  "The dog played with the girl."
 Higher Animate Singular x Lower Animate Plural
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 Higher Animate Plural x Lower Animate Plural
-# Rompóy kurasno rayro nonkór tā'itá'.  "The girls played with the dogs."
+# Rompóy kurasno rayro ita-tā'itá'.  "The girls played with the dogs."
-# Rompóy kurasno tarayro nonkór tā'itá'.  "The dogs played with the girls."
+# Rompóy kurasno tarayro ita-tā'itá'.  "The dogs played with the girls."
 =====Auxiliary Verbs =====