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|{{gloss
|{{gloss
|phrase={{ash|taye e qaye ya}}
|phrase={{ash|tay e qay ye}}
|morphemes=tˢaɰe e(k) kˣaɰe (e)ɰa
|morphemes=tˢaɰe e(k) kˣaɰe (e)ɰe
|gloss=see DIR water PROX
|gloss=see DIR water PROX
|translation=I look at water.
|translation=I look at water.
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|{{gloss
|{{gloss
|phrase={{ash|attaye a qaye ya}}
|phrase={{ash|attay a qay ye}}
|morphemes=at-tˢaɰe a(t) kˣaɰe (e)ɰa
|morphemes=at-tˢaɰe a(t) kˣaɰe (e)ɰe
|gloss=NDIR-see NDIR water PROX
|gloss=NDIR-see NDIR water PROX
|translation=I see water.
|translation=I see water.
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{{gloss
{{gloss
|phrase={{ash|ɱõȸ ote qaye}}
|phrase={{ash|ɱõȸ ote qaye}}
|morphemes=lɰõlɰ a(t)-(e)ɰa kˣaɰe
|morphemes=lɰõlɰ a(t)-(e)ɰe kˣaɰe
|gloss=good NDIR-PROX water
|gloss=good NDIR-PROX water
|translation=I have good water.
|translation=I have good water.
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{{gloss
{{gloss
|phrase={{ash|nẽd e ɱõȸ odo ya}}
|phrase={{ash|nẽd e ɱõȸ odo ye}}
|morphemes=be DIR good NDIR-DIST PROX
|morphemes=be DIR good NDIR-DIST PROX
|gloss=tẽl e(k) lɰõlɰ a(t)-(a)ɰa (e)ɰa
|gloss=tẽl e(k) lɰõlɰ a(t)-(a)ɰa (e)ɰe
|translation=I made them something good (to eat).
|translation=I made them something good (to eat).
}}
}}


A verb can be made passive by omitting the subject (note also the postvocalic elision yielding {{ash|ce}} instead of {{ash|ece}}.
A verb can be made passive by omitting the subject.


{{gloss
{{gloss
|phrase={{ash|tataye ce}}
|phrase={{ash|tatay ece}}
|morphemes=tˢa~tˢaɰe e(k)-(e)ɰa
|morphemes=tˢa~tˢaɰe e(k)-(e)ɰe
|gloss=CONT~see DIR-PROX
|gloss=CONT~see DIR-PROX
|translation=I am being watched.
|translation=I am being watched.
}}
}}
===Relative clauses===
When a nominal referent is the subject of a verb with no intervening objects, a determiner must be inserted between the two. A verb can be made an attributive part of a noun phrase by inserting the same determiner, but the order of noun and verb is then inverted.
{|
|{{gloss
|phrase={{ash|qot o dadat}}
|morphemes=kˣatˢ (a)ɰa tatatˢ
|gloss=bad DIST house
|translation=The house is bad.
}}
|{{gloss
|phrase={{ash|accey a dadot o qat e}}
|morphemes=at-keɰ a(t) tatatˢ (a)ɰa kˣatˢ (e)ɰe
|gloss=NDIR-move NDIR house DIST bad PROX
|translation=I see water.
}}
|}


==Glossed examples==
==Glossed examples==
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