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As earlier stated, nouns in Nankôre are not inflected, nor are case clitics attached to them to indicate case relations. Transitive verbs take two NPs as core arguments. The case relations of the two arguments are determined by the position of the noun in the animacy hierarchy; the core argument that is higher in the animacy hierarchy is assigned the Agent role, and the other argument is assigned the Patient role. However, an inverse affix ''tā=/tāh=/ta=/t='' is prefixed to the verb ~~or its~~ auxiliary to alter the argument structure ~~by marking~~ the lower-animacy argument as Agent.

As earlier stated, nouns in Nankôre are not inflected, nor are case clitics attached to them to indicate case relations. Transitive verbs take two NPs as core arguments. The case relations of the two arguments are determined by the position of the noun in the animacy hierarchy; the core argument that is higher in the animacy hierarchy is assigned the Agent role, and the other argument is assigned the Patient role. However, an inverse affix ''tā=/tāh=/ta=/t='' is prefixed to the primary verb, as well as a redundant ''ta-'' affix that is added to the auxiliary to alter the argument structure and promote the lower-animacy argument to Agent role.

Unlike the Intransitive forms, the portmanteau Transitive forms come before the main verb, not the auxiliary verb, e.g. ''Akostos karok tā'itá' '' , "I ate it". Sometimes the portmanteau is cliticized to the main verb, as in ''Akostos=karok tā'itá' ''. If the Inverse marker appears simultaneously with the Transitive portmanteau pronoun, the preverbal Inverse marker ''tā=/tāh=/ta=/t='' cliticizes to the portmanteau pronoun. Since the Inverse voice is double-marked, the Inverse form of the auxiliary ''itấ' '' also is used, as in the improbable sentence, ''Takostos karok tahortā'itá'/Takostoskarok tahortā'itá' '', from ''Tā-akostos-karok tahortā'itá' '', "He/she/it ate me".

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	As earlier stated, nouns in Nankôre are not inflected, nor are case clitics attached to them to indicate case relations. Transitive verbs take two NPs as core arguments. The case relations of the two arguments are determined by the position of the noun in the animacy hierarchy; the core argument that is higher in the animacy hierarchy is assigned the Agent role, and the other argument is assigned the Patient role. However, an inverse affix ''tā=/tāh=/ta=/t='' is prefixed to the verb ~~or its~~ auxiliary to alter the argument structure ~~by marking~~ the lower-animacy argument as Agent.		As earlier stated, nouns in Nankôre are not inflected, nor are case clitics attached to them to indicate case relations. Transitive verbs take two NPs as core arguments. The case relations of the two arguments are determined by the position of the noun in the animacy hierarchy; the core argument that is higher in the animacy hierarchy is assigned the Agent role, and the other argument is assigned the Patient role. However, an inverse affix ''tā=/tāh=/ta=/t='' is prefixed to the primary verb, as well as a redundant ''ta-'' affix that is added to the auxiliary to alter the argument structure and promote the lower-animacy argument to Agent role.

	Unlike the Intransitive forms, the portmanteau Transitive forms come before the main verb, not the auxiliary verb, e.g. ''Akostos karok tā'itá' '' , "I ate it". Sometimes the portmanteau is cliticized to the main verb, as in ''Akostos=karok tā'itá' ''. If the Inverse marker appears simultaneously with the Transitive portmanteau pronoun, the preverbal Inverse marker ''tā=/tāh=/ta=/t='' cliticizes to the portmanteau pronoun. Since the Inverse voice is double-marked, the Inverse form of the auxiliary ''itấ' '' also is used, as in the improbable sentence, ''Takostos karok tahortā'itá'/Takostoskarok tahortā'itá' '', from ''Tā-akostos-karok tahortā'itá' '', "He/she/it ate me".		Unlike the Intransitive forms, the portmanteau Transitive forms come before the main verb, not the auxiliary verb, e.g. ''Akostos karok tā'itá' '' , "I ate it". Sometimes the portmanteau is cliticized to the main verb, as in ''Akostos=karok tā'itá' ''. If the Inverse marker appears simultaneously with the Transitive portmanteau pronoun, the preverbal Inverse marker ''tā=/tāh=/ta=/t='' cliticizes to the portmanteau pronoun. Since the Inverse voice is double-marked, the Inverse form of the auxiliary ''itấ' '' also is used, as in the improbable sentence, ''Takostos karok tahortā'itá'/Takostoskarok tahortā'itá' '', from ''Tā-akostos-karok tahortā'itá' '', "He/she/it ate me".