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The third person and fourth person pronominal clitics are used to keep track of multiple third person arguments within discourse, any may also be referred to as the ''third person proximate'' and ''third person obviate'' respectively. The third person is assigned to the more salient argument, or the argument which has appeared before. | The third person and fourth person pronominal clitics are used to keep track of multiple third person arguments within discourse, any may also be referred to as the ''third person proximate'' and ''third person obviate'' respectively. The third person is assigned to the more salient argument, or the argument which has appeared before. | ||
==== Classifiers ==== | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="display: inline-table;" | |||
|+caption | Proto-Dynic classifiers | |||
|- | |||
! ''classifier'' | |||
! ''transitivity'' | |||
! ''example'' | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center;" | ''*-l-'' | |||
| style="text-align:center;" | trans. | |||
| ''*təul aŋ'' ('the door opens') → ''*təul kil-aŋ'' ('they open the door') | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center;" | ''*-ca-'' | |||
| style="text-align:center;" | trans. | |||
| ''*sauk ser'' ('the hawks become fewer') → ''*sauk kicā-ser'' ('someone is making the hawks fewer') | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center;" | ''*-ra-'' | |||
| style="text-align:center;" | trans. | |||
| ''*t-pī'' ('I breathe') → ''*tiran-pī'' ('you animate me') | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center;" | ''*-ce-'' | |||
| style="text-align:center;" | ditrans. | |||
| ''*sauk it-misu'' ('I see a hawk') → ''*sauk tə-əi-ma kice-mi'' ('they show me the hawk') | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center;" | ''*-ma-'' | |||
| style="text-align:center;" | intrans. | |||
| ''*n-hur-si'' ('you are tall') → ''*man-hur'' ('you get tall') | |||
|- | |||
| style="text-align:center;" | ''*-ma-'' | |||
| style="text-align:center;" | trans. | |||
| ''*n-hur-si'' ('you are tall') → ''*imen-hur'' ('you make it tall') | |||
|} | |||
==== Conjugation ==== | ==== Conjugation ==== | ||