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The faulty accusative particle is ''ym'', which etymologically was a filler word like "um..." It is not a case marker; it comes before a constituent noun phrase X when | The faulty accusative particle is ''ym'', which etymologically was a filler word like "um..." It is not a case marker; it comes before a constituent noun phrase X when | ||
* X does not begin with a preposition | * X does not begin with a preposition | ||
* another constituent intervenes between the "verb" (the head of a clause) and X | * another constituent Y intervenes between the "verb" (the head of a clause) and X, and Y is not a pronoun | ||
:'''''A duvwñ, mol a tehd ym ob.''''' | :'''''A duvwñ, mol a tehd ym ob.''''' | ||