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All Interrogatives can also serve as conjunctions, eg ''Hôri ak kosno tā'itá' penóh Okep nari ayrarke ho'' (I did not hear/receive the news why Okep spanked (her) nephew early this morning").

Interrogatives can also serves as Conditionals by a ''si-'' Topicalization structure: ~~''Ra'si karampo neknek tā'itá, siakos tamakó itá' '' ("Whoever slaughtered the bear (in this manner) is a danger to us all").~~

Interrogatives can also serves as Conditionals by a ''si-'' Topicalization structure:

{{Gloss

|phrase = 'Ra'si karampo taneknek tā'itá, siakos tamakó itá'

|phrase = Ra'si karampo taneknek tā'itá, siakos tamakó itá'

| IPA =

| IPA = 'raʔʃi ka'rampo ta'nɛknek 'ta:ʔɪtaʔ 'ʃakoʃ tama'ko ɪ'taʔ

| morphemes = 'Ra'=si karampo ta=neknek tā='itá, si=akos ~~tamkkó~~ itá'

| morphemes = Ra'=si karampo ta=neknek tā='itá, si=akos tamakó itá'

| gloss = Who=CONN bear INV=kill INV=COP.SG CONN=1P danger.liability COP.SG

| translation = ~~Whatever~~

| translation = Whoever slaughtered the bear (in this manner) is a danger to us all.

}}

'''~~Take note that~~ the embedded clause ~~linked to the Interrogative~~ is linked to its matrix clause ~~by the Connective as well~~.~~'''~~

Take note that ''si='' occurs twice, the initial ''si='' serving as a Topic marker, and the second ''si='' linking the embedded clause is linked to its matrix clause.

''Ra' '' is a high-animacy pronoun and is outranked only by proper nouns, and 1st and 2nd person prounouns. With regards to 3rd person pronouns, the situation is more complicated, where the 3rd person pronoun sometimes outranks ''ra' '', and other times ''ra' '' outranks the 3rd person pronoun. This is because the semantics of the verb (see examples with the Verbs of Victimhood" below).

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 All Interrogatives can also serve as  conjunctions,  eg ''Hôri ak kosno tā'itá' penóh Okep nari ayrarke ho'' (I did not hear/receive the news why Okep spanked (her) nephew early this morning").
-Interrogatives can also serves as Conditionals by a ''si-'' Topicalization structure: ''Ra'si karampo neknek tā'itá, siakos tamakó itá' '' ("Whoever slaughtered the bear (in this manner) is a danger to us all").
+Interrogatives can also serves as Conditionals by a ''si-'' Topicalization structure:
 {{Gloss
-|phrase = 'Ra'si karampo taneknek tā'itá, siakos tamakó itá'
+|phrase = Ra'si karampo taneknek tā'itá, siakos tamakó itá'
-| IPA =
+| IPA = 'raʔʃi ka'rampo ta'nɛknek 'ta:ʔɪtaʔ 'ʃakoʃ tama'ko ɪ'taʔ
-| morphemes = 'Ra'=si karampo ta=neknek tā='itá, si=akos tamkkó itá'
+| morphemes = Ra'=si karampo ta=neknek tā='itá, si=akos tamakó itá'
 | gloss = Who=CONN bear INV=kill INV=COP.SG CONN=1P danger.liability COP.SG
-| translation = Whatever
+| translation = Whoever slaughtered the bear (in this manner) is a danger to us all.
 }}
-'''Take note that the embedded clause linked to the Interrogative is linked to its matrix clause by the Connective as well.'''
+Take note that ''si='' occurs twice, the initial ''si='' serving as a Topic marker, and the second ''si='' linking the embedded clause is linked to its matrix clause.
 ''Ra' '' is a high-animacy pronoun and is outranked only by proper nouns, and 1st and 2nd person prounouns. With regards to 3rd person pronouns, the situation is more complicated,  where the 3rd person pronoun sometimes outranks ''ra' '', and other times ''ra' '' outranks the 3rd person pronoun. This is because the semantics of the verb (see examples with the Verbs of Victimhood" below).