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**Comes after the relevant object/subject. Note that when used with a subject, it places the verb into its subordinate form - e.g. ''komîda éki mi kôme.'' "I eat food./Food [is what] I eat."; ''Úmar éki komîda komê.'' "[It is] Omar [who] eats food."

**''éki'' can contract with a following subject pronoun (if applicable), in which case the ''-ki-'' is dropped and ''e-'' takes the frontness/backness of the verb - e.g. ''komîda émi kôme.'' "I eat food."<br /> Note that this is identical to the contraction of ''é''.

**''éki'' is usually not used in negative sentences - e.g. ''komîda ná mi komê.'' "I do not eat food.".<br />However, it may be used for extra emphasis - e.g. ''Úmar éki komîda ná komê.'' "[It is] Omar [who] does not eat food."

**Comes before subject pronoun - e.g. ''Úmar kôs li kôme komîda.'' "Omar eats food."

**''kôs'' is usually not used in negative sentences - e.g. ''Úmar ná li komê komîda.'' "Omar does not eat food." <br /> However, it may be used for extra emphasis - e.g. ''Úmar kôs li ná komê komîda.'' "[That which] Omar does not eat [is] food."