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====Definiteness==== | ====Definiteness==== | ||
There are no articles, but the subject of a clause is generally definite and the verb deals with something indefinite and swapping the subject | There are no articles, but the subject of a clause is generally definite and the verb deals with something indefinite and swapping the subject and the verb within a clause is used to achieve this effect. This results in some transformations that produce entirely different looking words, such as the change from '''''mogivo''''' (≈ "the banana") to '''''jimujai''''' (≈ "a banana") in the following sentences. | ||
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| colspan="20" | '''''Keemaxi mogivo.''''' | |||
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| colspan="20" | <small>[ˈkeːmaʔi ˈmoŋiwo]</small> | |||
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| '''k_m_x_''' || the monkey || '''_ee_a_i''' || eats | |||
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| '''m_g_v_''' || the banana || '''_o_i_o''' || is directly affected | |||
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| colspan="20" | ''The monkey eats the banana.'' | |||
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| colspan="20" | '''''Keemaxi jimujai.''''' | |||
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| colspan="20" | <small>[ˈkeːmaʔi ʒimuˈʒai̯]</small> | |||
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| '''k_m_x_''' || the monkey || '''_ee_a_i''' || eats | |||
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| '''j_m_j_''' || what is directly affected || '''_i_u_ai''' || is a banana | |||
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| colspan="20" | ''The monkey eats a banana.'' | |||
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====Location==== | ====Location==== | ||