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# When followed by antitopics, often derogatory in nature, or interjections, e.g. ''Ussar tūmantirektaran hāran, wakkuhakna! >> ussar tūman-tirek=de=aran hā-ra-an, wa=kuhakna'' ([proper.noun] house-3S.NEUT.ABS+1S.ERG=ERG=DAT come-PAST-TRANS, CONN=idiot) "Ussar came to my house, the fool!". Again, this can occur only if the clause is an independent sentence or the final clause in a clause chain. | # When followed by antitopics, often derogatory in nature, or interjections, e.g. ''Ussar tūmantirektaran hāran, wakkuhakna! >> ussar tūman-tirek=de=aran hā-ra-an, wa=kuhakna'' ([proper.noun] house-3S.NEUT.ABS+1S.ERG=ERG=DAT come-PAST-TRANS, CONN=idiot) "Ussar came to my house, the fool!". Again, this can occur only if the clause is an independent sentence or the final clause in a clause chain. | ||
In Minhast, the language is predominantly head-final: dependents precede their heads, e.g. numbers and demonstratives precede their head, ''Sap min redad'' (this man), and postpositions rather than prepositions cliticize to their NPs | In Minhast, the language is predominantly head-final: dependents precede their heads, e.g. numbers and demonstratives precede their head, ''Sap min redad'' (this man), and postpositions rather than prepositions cliticize to their NPs. | ||
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