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**Used when there is no independent object or emphasized subject. | **Used when there is no independent object or emphasized subject. | ||
**Comes before subject pronoun - e.g. ''é mi kôme.'' "I eat." | **Comes before subject pronoun - e.g. ''é mi kôme.'' "I eat." | ||
**"Independent object" refers to a direct or indirect object that is not a clitic pronoun, while "emphasized subject" refers to a subject that has extra emphasis placed upon it. | **"Independent object" refers to a direct or indirect object that is not a clitic pronoun, while "emphasized subject" refers to a subject that has extra emphasis placed upon it in such a way that English would use a copular phrase. | ||
**''é'' can contract with the subject pronoun, in which case it takes the frontness/backness of the verb - e.g. ''êmi kôme.'' "I eat." | **''é'' can contract with the subject pronoun, in which case it takes the frontness/backness of the verb - e.g. ''êmi kôme.'' "I eat." | ||
**Note that any explicit subject (i.e. any subject other than a clitic pronoun) is placed before the focus particle - e.g. ''amî é mi komêba.'' "[As for] me, I ate."; ''Úmar é li komêba.'' "Omar ate." | |||
*''éki'': used to form main clauses. | *''éki'': used to form main clauses. | ||
**Used when the independent object or emphasized subject is placed before the verb. | **Used when the independent object or emphasized subject is placed before the verb. | ||