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"His finding the boy gets" [i.e., "the boy is found"]</blockquote>
"His finding the boy gets" [i.e., "the boy is found"]</blockquote>
==== Object and Oblique Object ====
The object receives the action of either the agent or the experiencer. It can be either a transitive object (TO) as in 1) below; or an oblique object (OO--requiring a preposition), as in 2) below. It can be the object complement (OC) in a copula structure, as in 3):
:1. '''Il kohsa (TO) ry (A) refod.'''
::<small>The dog (TO) I (A) choose.</small>
::''"I choose the dog"''.
:2. '''Kyam (TO) euil zef (OO) le betõ (A) vergo.'''
::A <small>book (TO) to the man (OO) the boy (A) gives.</small>
::''"The boy gives a book to the man"''.
:3. '''Hdand (OC) li zef (E).'''
::<small>A doctor (OC) the man (E) [is].</small>
::''"The man is a doctor"''.
==== Genitive====
The genitive is the only regular type of noun (outside the '''Nenddeylyt''' nouns, to express case with an affix--either a suffix or a prefix, depending on context and preference:
:'''idbbetõ kyam'''
:"A boy's book" –or:
:'''dibbetõ kyam'''
:"A boy's book" –or:
:'''kyam betõid'''
:"book of a boy"
Rules for possession will be discussed at greater length below.


==Syntax==
==Syntax==
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