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===== Examples ===== | ===== Examples ===== | ||
'''Jowa adoranés?''' | |||
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1SG-TOPIC love.2SG (You love '''me'''? - the use of a topic-prominent sentence here indicates the speaker is surprised that they are loved) | |||
'''Ňan-ský-sin-wa adorakatsí.''' | |||
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meow-AGENT-PL-TOPIC love.1SG (I '''love''' cats. - the use of a topic prominent sentence here indicates the speaker '''really''' loves cats) | |||
'''Jowa détatsí sé ňos-êseňatsí-ský-sin.''' | |||
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1SG-TOPIC hate the person-teach-AGENTIVE-PL (The teachers hate '''me'''. - the use of a topic prominent sentence here indicates the person is emphasizing that the teachers hate them especially) | |||
==Language Sample== | ==Language Sample== | ||