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<nowiki>[PAST-good-COP-3]</nowiki>, which means "it was good". This can also be expressed saying | <nowiki>[PAST-good-COP-3]</nowiki>, which means "it was good". This can also be expressed saying | ||
"Tian wusmentouh," although it is better with pen: "Tian wusmenpen". | "Tian wusmentouh," although it is better with pen: "Tian wusmenpen". | ||
===Subject and object=== | |||
There is no singular accusative prefix or accusative expression, this ultimately depends on | |||
the verb. There is no case in Tanpun and generally such a thing is expressed with the object | |||
as a distinct word, followed by the verb phrase with "touh". For example, the above sentence | |||
could be expanded "man tian wustouhmenpen" with "man" meaning human or human being. So this | |||
means "person was good". Dative can be expressed with the prefix "ti-" meaning for, | |||
alternatively "ta" (to, towards) can be used. | |||
==Example texts== | ==Example texts== | ||