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As Interrogatives proper, they appear BEFORE  the auxiliary ''itá' '' and are accompanied by rising intonation, and often preceded by a slight pause after the main VP, as illustrated in the next two examples:
The Interrogatives manifest WH-movement, appearing immediately before the auxiliary ''itá' '' with rising intonation and a slight pause after the main VP. 


{{Gloss
{{Gloss
|phrase =Okep nari ayrarke, penóh hô'itá?
|phrase =Okep nari ayrarke, penóh hô'itá'?
| IPA =  
| IPA = 'okɛp 'na:ri aɪ'rarke pe'noɦ ɦo:ʔi'taʔ
| morphemes =  
| morphemes = Okep nari ayrarke, penóh hô-'itá'
| gloss =  
| gloss = PN child spank why HOD-DIR-HASxLAS.COP
| translation = Why did Okep spank her child earlier this morning?
| translation = Why did Okep spank (her) child earlier this morning?
}}
}}


{{Gloss
{{Gloss
|phrase =Ka tahoné, ra pis'itá?
|phrase =Ka tahone, ra taspitá'?
| IPA =  
| IPA = ka ta'ɦo:ne ra taʃpi'taʔ
| morphemes =  
| morphemes = Ka ta-honé, ra  ta-sp-itá
| gloss =  
| gloss = 2S INV-cry who INV-CAUS-HASxLAS.COP
| translation = Who is making you cry?
| translation = Who is making you cry?
}}
}}
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Take note that the Topic marker ''=si'' should not be confused with the Connective ''si='' that is linking the embedded clause to the matrix clause.
The Topic marker ''=si'' should not be confused with the Connective ''si='' that is linking the embedded clause to the matrix clause.  The former is an enclitic, whereas the latter is a proclitic.  


''Ra' '' is a high-animacy pronoun and is outranked only by proper nouns, and 1st and 2nd person prounouns. With regards to 3rd person pronouns, the situation is more complicated,  where the 3rd person pronoun sometimes outranks ''ra' '', and other times ''ra' '' outranks the 3rd person pronoun. This is because the semantics of the verb (see examples with the Verbs of Victimhood" below).
Among the Interrogative pronouns, ''ra' '' ranks the highest in animacy, although it still is lower than personal pronouns.


''Pôh'' is much lower in the Animacy  Heirarchy, classified just above Sessiles.
''Yôri-'' is always prefixed to the noun it modifies and can never appear as an independent word. It can be prefixed to ''pôh'' and ''ra' '', i.e. ''yôripoh'' and ''yôra' '', where it takes the meaning "which one", ''yôripoh'' for Noun Classes II and III, the sentient members of Class I, and ''yôra''' for the rest.
''Yôri-'' is always prefixed to the noun it modifies and can never appear as an independent word. If  necessary,  it can be prefixed to ''pôh'' and ''ra' '' (''yôripoh'' and ''yôra' '') in order to avoid repeating its host noun, or in cases where the target NP contains more than one noun class or type (e.g. a mix of men and women).


=== Pronouns ===
=== Pronouns ===
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