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====The topic marker and definiteness====
====The topic marker and definiteness====
[[w:Definiteness|Definiteness]] normally goes unmarked in Asaari, and no official distinction exist. However, using the topic marker, nouns are most often implied to be definite. This also infers that only one argument may be definite in a clause.
[[w:Definiteness|Definiteness]] normally goes unmarked in Asaari, and no official distinction exist. However, using the topic marker, nouns are most often implied to be definite. This also infers that only one argument may be definite in a clause.


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| colspan="6"| ''The man sees the dog.''
| colspan="6"| ''The man sees the dog.''
|}
====The topic marker, the relativiser and definiteness====
{| cellpadding="4" style="line-height: 1em;"
|+
<!-- Sentence -->
| colspan="6"|'''.'''
!
| colspan="6"| '''.'''
|-
<!-- Pronunciation-->
| colspan="6"|//
!
| colspan="6"|//
!
|-
<!-- Morphemes-->
|nar
| esh
| -i
| ‹yà›
| yáhi
| ‹n›
!
|naas
| esh
| -i
| ‹yà›
| yáhi
| ‹n›
!
|-
<!-- Gloss-->
|be manly.{{sc|pred.}}
|bark
|{{sc|.rel.3.n.sg}}
|‹{{sc|pres.perf.3.m.s}}›
|see
|‹{{sc|pres.perf.3.m.s}}›
!
|be manly.{{sc|pred. + topic}}
|bark
|{{sc|.rel.3.n.sg}}
|‹{{sc|pres.perf.3.m.s}}›
|see
|‹{{sc|pres.perf.3.m.s}}›
!
|-
<!-- Translations -->
| colspan="6"| ''.''
!
| colspan="6"| ''.''
|}
|}