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Unstressed locatives are not applied to the pronominal-like nominals ''ee'' "this", ''oo'' "that", ''nõõ'' "what" and ''maa'' "none". | Unstressed locatives are not applied to the pronominal-like nominals ''ee'' "this", ''oo'' "that", ''nõõ'' "what" and ''maa'' "none". | ||
===Conjunction=== | |||
In addition to serving as a topical marker, an unstressed locative verb can also be used as a conjunction. As subject and object are never both topically marked, a series of topicalised nominals serves as a single noun phrase in the fronted subject position. | |||
{{gloss | |||
|phrase=ao go bahbo go ooda egoo | |||
|IPA=[ˈʔɑːʊ̯‿ɣʊ ˈβɑ̞ħ.pʊ‿ˌɣo̞‿ˈwu̯oː.ðɐ jɪˈɣu̯oː] | |||
|gloss=ao TOP:ACT dog TOP:ACT DIST-LOC PROX-LOC:ACT.IND | |||
|translation=Ao and the dog are over there | |||
}} | |||
===Specification=== | ===Specification=== | ||
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|phrase=ao go algoo | |phrase=ao go algoo | ||
|IPA=[ˈʔɑːʊ̯‿ɣo̞‿ʔɬ̠̩ˈku̯oː] | |IPA=[ˈʔɑːʊ̯‿ɣo̞‿ʔɬ̠̩ˈku̯oː] | ||
|gloss=ao TOP:ACT AND-LOC:ACT. | |gloss=ao TOP:ACT AND-LOC:ACT..IND | ||
|translation=Ao moves (away) | |translation=Ao moves (away) | ||
}} | }} | ||
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|phrase=ao go aŋgoo | |phrase=ao go aŋgoo | ||
|IPA=[ˈʔɑːʊ̯‿ɣo̞‿ʔŋ̩ˈɡu̯oː] | |IPA=[ˈʔɑːʊ̯‿ɣo̞‿ʔŋ̩ˈɡu̯oː] | ||
|gloss=ao TOP:ACT VEN-LOC:ACT | |gloss=ao TOP:ACT VEN-LOC:ACT.IND | ||
|translation=Ao moves (hither) | |translation=Ao moves (hither) | ||
}} | }} | ||
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|phrase=ao go negoo | |phrase=ao go negoo | ||
|IPA=[ˈʔɑːʊ̯‿ɣʊ ɲɪˈɣu̯oː] | |IPA=[ˈʔɑːʊ̯‿ɣʊ ɲɪˈɣu̯oː] | ||
|gloss=ao TOP:ACT SUB-LOC:ACT | |gloss=ao TOP:ACT SUB-LOC:ACT.IND | ||
|translation=Ao is below | |translation=Ao is below | ||
}} | }} | ||
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|phrase=ao go nelgoo | |phrase=ao go nelgoo | ||
|IPA=[ˈʔɑːʊ̯‿ɣʊ ɲɪɬˈku̯oː] | |IPA=[ˈʔɑːʊ̯‿ɣʊ ɲɪɬˈku̯oː] | ||
|gloss=ao TOP:ACT SUB-MOT-LOC:ACT | |gloss=ao TOP:ACT SUB-MOT-LOC:ACT.IND | ||
|translation=Ao moves down | |translation=Ao moves down | ||
}} | }} | ||
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|phrase=ahda sãã | |phrase=ahda sãã | ||
|IPA=[ˈʔɑ̞ħ.t̠ɐ‿ˌz̠ɑ̞̃ː] | |IPA=[ˈʔɑ̞ħ.t̠ɐ‿ˌz̠ɑ̞̃ː] | ||
|gloss=ocean-LOC | |gloss=ocean-LOC LOC:LIQ.IND | ||
|translation=(be) in the ocean; at sea | |translation=(be) in the ocean; at sea | ||
}} | }} | ||
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|phrase=ahda laa | |phrase=ahda laa | ||
|IPA=[ˈʔɑ̞ħ.t̠ɐ‿ˌɮɑ̞ː] | |IPA=[ˈʔɑ̞ħ.t̠ɐ‿ˌɮɑ̞ː] | ||
|gloss=ocean-LOC | |gloss=ocean-LOC LOC:STAT.IND | ||
|translation=(be) by the ocean | |translation=(be) by the ocean | ||
}} | }} | ||