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The atonic accusative form is regularly used after verbs:
The atonic accusative form is regularly used after verbs:
* ''cumiu-a'' "I eat it"
* ''cumiu-a'' "I eat it"
* ''su cumeuùra'' "I (m.) will eat it"
* ''su cumeuura'' "I (m.) will eat it"
It is also used, in all levels of formality (unlike many other Romance languages, which only allow this in very formal speech), after active participles, even when used as adjectives:
It is also used, in all levels of formality (unlike many other Romance languages, which only allow this in very formal speech), after active participles, even when used as adjectives:
* ''ir om cumiuonta'' "the man eating it"
* ''ir om cumiuonta'' "the man eating it"
* ''ir om cumeuùra'' "the man that will be eating it"
* ''ir om cumeuura'' "the man that will be eating it"
In informal Atlantic, this form is replacing the dative:
In informal Atlantic, this form is replacing the dative:
* (standard) ''do-a tìu'' "I give it to you"; ''su dadura(-a) tìu'' "I (f.) will give (it) to you"
* (standard) ''do-a tìu'' "I give it to you"; ''su dadura(-a) tìu'' "I (f.) will give (it) to you"
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