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*jümense - in combined words, diareses (¨) can be placed over a vowel to indicate the proper primary stress of the word. | *jümense - in combined words, diareses (¨) can be placed over a vowel to indicate the proper primary stress of the word. | ||
*A diacritic (´) is used to differentiate similarly spelled words. For example, '' | *A diacritic (´) is used to differentiate similarly spelled words. For example, ''enkéto'' means ''while'', or | ||
''during'', but '' | ''during'', but ''enketo'' is the masculine form of ''well known/famous''. | ||
*Progressive verbs are constructed by combining ''sã'' and by turining either the ''o'' or ''a'' of the infinitive form into a nasal vowel by marking it with a Til (~). So Class I verbs have ''-õr'' and Class II have ''-ãr'' | *Progressive verbs are constructed by combining ''sã'' and by turining either the ''o'' or ''a'' of the infinitive form into a nasal vowel by marking it with a Til (~). So Class I verbs have ''-õr'' and Class II have ''-ãr'' | ||