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| colspan="7"| ''The girl loves the MAN'' | | colspan="7"| ''The girl loves the MAN'' | ||
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====The topic and reference==== | |||
The topic marker helps is used in [[w:anaphora|anaphoric]] and [[w:cataphora|cataphoric]] expression, and clears out reference. | |||
{| cellpadding="4" style="line-height: 1em;" | |||
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<!-- Sentence --> | |||
| colspan="13"|'''Érigi Yúniyas thayàmétin, ni thayàranash.''' | |||
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<!-- Pronunciation--> | |||
| colspan="13"|/ɛ́ɣɪcɪ jʊ́nɪjas θajamɛ̀tɪn | nɪ θajàʁanaɕ/ | |||
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<!-- Morphemes--> | |||
|Érigi | |||
| Yún | |||
| -i | |||
| -ya- | |||
| -s | |||
| ‹thayà› | |||
| méti | |||
| ‹n› | |||
| ni | |||
| ‹thayà› | |||
| ra | |||
| ‹n› | |||
| -ash | |||
! | |||
|- | |||
<!-- Gloss--> | |||
|Eric.{{sc|pred.}} | |||
|John | |||
| -{{sc|.rel.3.m.sg}} | |||
|and.{{sc|co.conj.}} | |||
|{{sc|topic}} | |||
|‹{{sc|past.perf.3.mn.s}}› | |||
|eat | |||
|‹{{sc|past.perf.3.mn.s}}› | |||
|but.{{sc|co.conj}} | |||
|‹{{sc|past.perf.3.mn.s}}› | |||
|like | |||
|‹{{sc|past.perf.3.mn.s}}› | |||
| -{{sc|obj.3.n.s}} | |||
! | |||
|- | |||
<!-- Translations --> | |||
| colspan="13"| ''Eric and John ate food, but he [John] didn't like it.'' | |||
|} | |} | ||