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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.
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.'''''
:SPEC teacher thank SPEC child FA 3SG.M
:SPEC teacher thank SPEC child FA 3SG.M
:''The child thanks the teacher.'' (lit. 'The teacher, the child thanks him.')
:''The child thanks the teacher.'' (lit. 'The teacher, the child thanks him.')
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''ym'' is not used when the subject is a pronoun:
''ym'' is not used when the subject is a pronoun:
:'''''A tehd, mol ob (*ym) a duvwñ.'''''
:'''''A tehd mol ob (*ym) a duvwñ.'''''
:SPEC child thank 3SG.M SPEC teacher  
:SPEC child thank 3SG.M SPEC teacher  
:''The child thanks the teacher.'' (lit. 'The child, he thanks the teacher.')
:''The child thanks the teacher.'' (lit. 'The child, he thanks the teacher.')


''ym'' is also not used when the constituent that would get the ''ym'' contains a content question:
''ym'' is also not used when the constituent that would get the ''ym'' contains a content question:
:'''''A tehd, mol ob (*ym) tua?'''''
:'''''A tehd mol ob (*ym) tua?'''''
:SPEC child thank 3SG.M who
:SPEC child thank 3SG.M who
:''Whom does the child thank?''
:''Whom does the child thank?''
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