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! Animate | ! Animate | ||
| ''bahbo go ahhoo'' "dogs eat it" | | ''bahbo go ahhoo''<br />"dogs eat it" | ||
| ''bahbo go assoo'' "dogs are eaten" | | ''bahbo go assoo''<br />"dogs are eaten" | ||
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! Inanimate | ! Inanimate | ||
| ''sãã sa ahhoo'' "water is drunk" | | ''sãã sa ahhoo''<br />"water is drunk" | ||
| ''*sãã sa assoo'' (ungrammatical) | | ''*sãã sa assoo''<br />(ungrammatical) | ||
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! Animate | ! Animate | ||
| ''ao go <u>bahbo</u> ohhea'' "Ao was looking at the dog" | | ''ao go <u>bahbo</u> ohhea''<br />"Ao was looking at the dog" | ||
| ''<u>bahbo go</u> ao ossea'' "it was the dog Ao was looking at" | | ''<u>bahbo go</u> ao ossea''<br />"it was the dog Ao was looking at" | ||
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! Inanimate | ! Inanimate | ||
| ''ao go <u>sãã</u> ohhoo'' "Ao who was drinking water" | | ''ao go <u>sãã</u> ohhoo''<br />"Ao who was drinking water" | ||
| ''<u>sãã sa</u> ao ohhoo'' "it was water Ao was drinking" | | ''<u>sãã sa</u> ao ohhoo''<br />"it was water Ao was drinking" | ||
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|translation=have you seen how bright Ao's hair has gotten? (lit. "have you seen Ao's brightened hair?") | |translation=have you seen how bright Ao's hair has gotten? (lit. "have you seen Ao's brightened hair?") | ||
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===Unstressed words=== | |||
In addition to unstressed locative verbs used as topicalising classifiers (see below) there are a few other words that can be unstressed to serve various purposes, mostly after verbs. | |||
====Interrogation, negation and emphasis==== | |||
Perhaps the most grammatically significant are ''ma'' for negation and ''no'' for interrogation. There is also ''yo'' for emphasis. | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
! Declarative | |||
! Negative | |||
! Interrogative | |||
! Emphatic | |||
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| ''ebadsa''<br />"weaving" | |||
| ''ebadsa ma''<br />"not weaving" | |||
| ''ebadsa no?''<br />"weaving?" | |||
| ''ebadsa yo''<br />"(really) weaving!" | |||
|} | |||
====Evidentiality==== | |||
Reduced forms of some verbs can function as evidential markers, such as ''ya'' for observation and ''ga'' for hearsay. | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
! Declarative | |||
! Observational | |||
! Quotative | |||
|- | |||
| ''ebadsa''<br />"weaving" | |||
| ''ebadsa ya''<br />"(evidently) weaving" | |||
| ''ebadsa ga''<br />"(allegedly) weaving" | |||
|} | |||
==Locative verbs== | ==Locative verbs== | ||