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:''Duvwŋym a (fa) dy iant.''
:''Duvwŋym a (fa) dy iant.''
:It's the teacher who is sleeping.
:It's the teacher who is sleeping.
===Ergativity===
The ergative particle is ''rw'', which is conflated with the possessive pronouns in some dialects: it's used even outside ergative tenses to mark an ergative subject in clauses with fronting, and the possessive pronouns are also used ergatively.


===TAM marking===
===TAM marking===