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The absolutive particle ''ū'' is placed after a subject noun which does not take a direct object. This is always the case with intransitive verbs, and can also be the case with optionally transitive verbs with no object. | The absolutive particle ''ū'' is placed after a subject noun which does not take a direct object. This is always the case with intransitive verbs, and can also be the case with optionally transitive verbs with no object. | ||
''Chā '''ū'''’k plīnum t’āmīd.'' | |||
{| | |||
| chā '''ū''' | |||
||uk plīnum | |||
||ta āmid | |||
|- | |||
| 1sg abs | |||
||prox river | |||
||prg stand | |||
|- | |||
| I | |||
||by river | |||
||am.standing | |||
|} | |||
‘I am standing by the river.’ | |||
===Ergative=== | ===Ergative=== | ||