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====Focus particles==== | ====Focus particles==== | ||
*''-aa'': attaches to and places emphasis on subject. The subject is placed in the absolutive and keeps its accent. Any final short and/or open vowels are absorbed by the ''-aa''; long, non-open vowels add a semivowel. The verb is placed in the subordinate form. | *''-aa'': attaches to and places emphasis on subject. The subject is placed in the absolutive and keeps its accent. Any final short and/or open vowels are absorbed by the ''-aa''; long, non-open vowels add a semivowel. The verb is placed in the subordinate form. | ||
:e.g. ''<b>Ánaa</b> baxe'' "'''It was I''' who left"; ''<b>Sharíifaa</b> ku | :e.g. ''<b>Ánaa</b> baxe'' "'''It was I''' who left"; ''<b>Sharíifaa</b> ku màyarkino'' "'''It is Shariif''' who does not see you." | ||
*''dha'': | *''dha'': | ||
**Can be put after a nominal to place emphasis on it. Optionally attaches to the preceding word, causing nominals ending in a short, unstressed vowel to drop it. The main verb (if there is one) is placed in the attributive and suffixed with ''-m''. The emphasized nominal + ''dha'' can occur at the beginning or end of the sentence, but the end is more common - e.g. ''Bàxem <b>ándha</b>.'' "The one who left '''was I'''."; ''<b>Cáli dha</b> kuni.'' "This is '''''Ali'''''." | **Can be put after a nominal to place emphasis on it. Optionally attaches to the preceding word, causing nominals ending in a short, unstressed vowel to drop it. The main verb (if there is one) is placed in the attributive and suffixed with ''-m''. The emphasized nominal + ''dha'' can occur at the beginning or end of the sentence, but the end is more common - e.g. ''Bàxem <b>ándha</b>.'' "The one who left '''was I'''."; ''<b>Cáli dha</b> kuni.'' "This is '''''Ali'''''." | ||