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 =====Voice and Tense=====
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 The Nankôre verb 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.  Some voices also encode formality, with the long forms, e.g. ''man'itá', suphitá', tā'itá',  hô'itá', and pā'itá' '',  used for formal situations, and the short forms ''manta'/nitá', supta', tayta', hoyta''', and ''pitáh'' for informal conversation among friends and family.
 Note that the Present Inverse form ''tā'itá''' is identical in form with that of the Past Direct form.  Fortunately, the Inverse Voice is double-marked: the enclitic ''ta='' and its allomorphs ''tā=/tah=/tāh='' cliticizes to the main verb so no ambiguity arises.
 HAS = High Animate Singular