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<!-- *Obviation is most common in [[head-marking language]]s since the obviative is useful in disambiguating otherwise unmarked nominals. --> | <!-- *Obviation is most common in [[head-marking language]]s since the obviative is useful in disambiguating otherwise unmarked nominals. --> | ||
*Proximate/Obviative assignments are preserved throughout clauses and are also often constant over longer discourse segments. | *Proximate/Obviative assignments are preserved throughout clauses and are also often constant over longer discourse segments. | ||
*If there is no need for a proximate/obviate distinction in the clause, the pronouns get [[w:Demonstrative pronoun|proximal]] and [[w:Demonstrative pronoun|distal]] functions.*A proximate subject is always animate. | |||
{{Gloss | |||
|phrase = Taʻahukakiʻ; | |||
|IPA = /taʔahuqaˈcɪ́/ | |||
|morphemes = taʻahu-kakiʻ-∅ | |||
|gloss = 3sg>4sg-to_dislike-NFUT | |||
|translation = Didn't he like him/it? | |||
}} | |||
{{Gloss | |||
|phrase = Weʻakiwēʻa, kukiwēʻa. | |||
|IPA =/wɛʔacɪwe̞ːˈʔa qucɪwe̞ːˈʔa/ | |||
|morphemes = weʻa-kiwēʻa-∅ ku-kiwēʻa-∅ | |||
|gloss = 1sg>3sg-to_know-NFUT 1sg>4sg-to_know-NFUT | |||
|translation = I know this, I know that. | |||
}} | |||
{{Gloss | |||
|phrase = Taʻahumiraʻ manitanēʻ. | |||
|IPA = /taʔahumɪráʔ maɲɪtaně̞ːʔ/ | |||
|morphemes = taʻahu-miraʻ-∅ mani-tanēʻ-∅ | |||
|gloss = 3sg>4sg-to_see-NFUT 4sg>4sg-to_do-NFUT | |||
|translation = She saw him do that. | |||
}} | |||
===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||