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The mother told the child that he / she (someone other than the mother, either the child or someone else) would give the dog a bone. | The mother told the child that he / she (someone other than the mother, either the child or someone else) would give the dog a bone. | ||
==Comparative Constructions== | |||
To say "more than ...", Kämpya speakers say ... /tèŋ/, where /tèŋ/ is a postpositional clitic that also means "above" e.g. | |||
/kʰwèi̤ ˈgáʔɾ=tèŋ lwéʔpìd/ | |||
dog.TOP lizard=above fast | |||
Dogs are faster than lizards (literally "Dogs are fast above lizards"). | |||