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With the exception of the portmanteau pronouns, core arguments take no marking in transitive clauses. When an explicit noun appears in transitive clauses, only word order distinguishes the subject and indirect object:
With the exception of the portmanteau pronouns, core arguments take no marking in transitive clauses. When an explicit noun appears in transitive clauses, strict SOV order is followed:


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| translation = I shall buy meat.
| translation = I shall buy meat.
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Tense markers, when they cliticize, do so only with pronominal patient arguments.  As this explicitly marks the direct object, word order can vary without ambiguity.  In sentences 2b and 2c, the past tense marker ''hai'' has cliticized to the first person singular ''ji''.  As the patient is now explicitly marked, it can now appear after the subject (its default position), or it may precede it.  Compare these to 2a where no cliticization has taken place:


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*{{Gloss
|phrase = 2) Ávaron ji vasáli hai
|phrase = 2a) Ávaron ji vasáli hai
| IPA =  
| IPA =  
| morphemes = ávaron ji vasáli hai
| morphemes = ávaron ji vasáli hai
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An object may come before the subject only if it the particle ''ipan'' is inserted between it and its clause, followed by an audible pause:
*{{Gloss
|phrase = 2b) Ávaron jai vasáli.
| IPA =
| morphemes = ávaron ji-hai vasáli
| gloss = PN 1S.DO-PST visit
| translation = Ávaron has visited me.
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*{{Gloss
|phrase = 2c) Jai Ávaron vasáli.
| IPA =
| morphemes = ji-hai ávaron vasáli
| gloss = 1S.DO-PST PN visit
| translation = Ávaron has visited me.
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An object may also come before the subject if the object is topicalized by the particle ''ipan'', which is also followed by an audible pause:


{{Gloss
{{Gloss
|phrase = Kusara ipan, ji iaviti nai.
|phrase = Kusara ipan, ji iaviti nai.
| IPA =  
| IPA =  
| morphemes = kusara ipan jina iaviti.
| morphemes = kusara ipan ji iaviti nai.
| gloss = meat TOP 1S=FUT buy
| gloss = meat TOP 1S buy
| translation = Meat, I shall buy (some).
| translation = Meat, I shall buy (some).
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