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Present/Imperative: -a | Present/Imperative: -a | ||
Past: -nz- | Past: -nz- | ||
Future: auxiliary ''mar'' + null-marked 3S verb | |||
1P: | 1S: -a (elided if followed by vowel-initial word) | ||
2S: ron (independent pronoun, no affix form) | |||
3S: null-marked, or followed by independent pronoun ''aya'' | |||
1P: -asi/-as (second form used if followed by noun with initial ''i/e'') | |||
2P: piri/pir | |||
3S: aida, neida (second form seems to be preferred when ''aya'' occurs in the same or preceding clause) | |||
Indefinite Sg/Pl: nani, or null-marked if recoverable by previous discourse. | |||
**Note:** With the exception of 1S/1P affixes, pro-drop occurs frequently, and in fact is obligatory when an embedded clause is coreferential with the subject of the prior clause. Pivot is S/A. | |||
=Syntax= | =Syntax= |
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