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==Faulty accusative== | ==Faulty accusative== | ||
The faulty accusative particle is ''ym'', which etymologically was a filler word like "um..." It is not a case marker; it comes before a constituent noun phrase X in phrases of the form HEAD Y X, when X is not a prepositional phrase. | The faulty accusative particle is ''ym'', which etymologically was a filler word like "um..." It is not a case marker; it comes before a constituent noun phrase X in phrases of the form HEAD Y X, when X is not a prepositional phrase or an adjunct. | ||
:'''''A duvwñ, mol a tehd ym ob.''''' | :'''''A duvwñ, mol a tehd ym ob.''''' | ||