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→‎Reported speech: Forgot to update the glosses in the last edit.
(→‎Reported speech: Corrected some mistakes and decided to remove some of the examples as this page is not meant to be exhaustive.)
(→‎Reported speech: Forgot to update the glosses in the last edit.)
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{{gloss
{{gloss
|phrase={{ash|dosmo ga ỏsgaas yo ebmo͠o na booda hga}}
|phrase={{ash|dosmo ga ỏsgaas yo ebmo͠o na booda hga}}
|gloss=Dosmo=CLF said=MOD:EXP PROX-head=CLF big=MOD:DIR
|gloss=Dosmo=CLF DIST-INV-say-CONJ=MOD:DECL PROX-head=CLF big=MOD:DIR
|translation=Dosmo told me my head is big.
|translation=Dosmo told me my head is big.
}}
}}
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{{gloss
{{gloss
|phrase={{ash|dosmo ga wa ỏhgaa e oas ga yy oa gõ bmo͠o na booda hga}}
|phrase={{ash|dosmo ga wa ỏhgaa e oas ga yy oa gõ bmo͠o na booda hga}}
|gloss=Dosmo=CLF DET=said=MOD:EXP Oas=CLF MOD:DECL DET=CLF head=CLF big=MOD:DIR
|gloss=Dosmo=CLF DET=DIST-DIR-say=MOD:EXP Oas=CLF MOD:DECL DET=CLF head=CLF big=MOD:DIR
|translation=I saw/heard Dosmo tell Oas their (Dosmo's) head is big.
|translation=I saw/heard Dosmo tell Oas their (Dosmo's) head is big.
}}
}}


This sentence has more referents and so additional markers are necessary to keep track of things. Here the contrastive function of determiners is used to shift the topic back to Dosmo after Oas is introduced.
This sentence has more referents and so additional markers are necessary to keep track of things. The experiential evidential {{ash|e}} is now used as the speaker was not spoken to but merely witnessed a conversation. The contrastive function of determiners is used to shift the topic back to Dosmo after Oas is introduced.


{{gloss
{{gloss
|phrase={{ash|dosmo ga wa ỏhgaa hga oas ga yy obmo͠o na booda wwa}}
|phrase={{ash|dosmo ga wa ỏhgaa hga oas ga yy obmo͠o na booda wwa}}
|gloss=Dosmo=CLF DET=said=MOD:DIR Oas=CLF MOD:DECL DET=CLF head=CLF big=MOD:INDIR
|gloss=Dosmo=CLF DET=DIST-DIR-say=MOD:DIR Oas=CLF MOD:DECL DET=CLF head=CLF big=MOD:INDIR
|translation=I'm told Dosmo told Oas their (Dosmo's) head is big.
|translation=I'm told Dosmo told Oas their (Dosmo's) head is big.
}}
}}
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