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When used in a sentence, some words that normally have accent may be unaccented (especially if unfocused), etc. In a noun phrase, words after the first accented word have their accent weakened or dropped entirely. Words such as genitives, adjectives, verbs, and proximal/distal articles are accented. | When used in a sentence, some words that normally have accent may be unaccented (especially if unfocused), etc. In a noun phrase, words after the first accented word have their accent weakened or dropped entirely. Words such as genitives, adjectives, verbs, and proximal/distal articles are accented. | ||
:e.g. ''namú'' "person (''nom.'')" (final accent) | :e.g. ''namú'' "person (''nom.'')" (final accent) | ||
::''ku namú'' "the person (''nom.'')" (definite article is unaccented) | ::''ku namú'' "the person (''nom.'')" (definite article is unaccented, so ''namú'' keeps its accent) | ||
::''cáse ku namu'' "the red person (''nom.'')" (''case'' "red" is accented, so ''namu'' loses/weakens accent) | ::''cáse ku namu'' "the red person (''nom.'')" (''case'' "red" is accented, so ''namu'' loses/weakens accent) | ||
::''kúni namu'' "this person (''nom.'')" (proximal article is accented) | ::''kúni namu'' "this person (''nom.'')" (proximal article is accented) | ||