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| phrase = Tâqivan | | phrase = Tâqivan birânqan baštânešan. | ||
| IPA = tɒɣiv'an | | IPA = tɒɣiv'an birɒn'qan baʃtaɣe'ʃan | ||
| morphemes = tâqiv-an birân-en baštân-ešan | | morphemes = tâqiv-an birân-eqan-en baštân-ešan | ||
| gloss = burning-CL1.NOM house-GEN was=CAUS | | gloss = burning-CL1.NOM house-CL.IV-GEN was=CAUS | ||
| translation = He burned down the house. (lit: "He was the house's burner."). | | translation = He burned down the house. (lit: "He was the house's burner."). | ||
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Adjectives and any modifier, be it the subject or the object, must agree with their respective heads. The constituent order does not deviate from that of the NP: adjectives follow their heads and agree in case, number and gender. The following example shows the grammatical concordance of the subject and object and their respective modifiers: | |||
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| phrase = Tâqivan behoran birânqan bišvi baštânešan. | |||
| IPA = tɒɣiv'an behoran birɒn'qan bišvi baʃtaɣe'ʃan | |||
| morphemes = tâqiv-an behor-an birân-eqan-en biš-vi baštân-ešan | |||
| gloss = burning-CL1.NOM fat.one-CL1.NOM house-CL.IV-GEN red-CL.IV.GEN- was=CAUS | |||
| translation = The fat one burned down the red house. (lit: "The fat one was the red house's burner."). | |||
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