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"I doubt(The/A) Man ate bread"
"I doubt(The/A) Man ate bread"
===Locative and Temporal Particles===
The Locative particle "lrai" is used after place nous to indicate that the action of the verb that follows takes place there:
L'oi nrum nrunr sǔyn lrai phaórt
PST. they that area LOC setttle
"They settled there".
It can also be placed after the object to mean that the action will take place with the subject inside the object:
Nrum fhe̋k lrai trhinr
they  fire LOC. burn
"They burn in fire"
It can also be used after 2 nouns to indicate the second noun is located in or at the first noun:
nrum ïk sri nar sǔyn lrai  srir
valley Sri Nar area LOC. discover
"They found a valley in the land of Shinar"
Note that the name of places can be composed of many words, but such a name will count as one noun.
The temporal particle "fhaó" can  be placed between clauses to mean that the second clause occurred at the same time as the first one:
L’oi  vak  l'ev we fhaó, nrum ïk  srir
PST  people  east. Move.from TMP they valley discover
"And when they migrated from the east, they found a valley"
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