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Postpositional phrases usually come after the theme (i.e. whatever takes the secundative case) e.g.
Postpositional phrases usually come after the theme (i.e. whatever takes the secundative case) e.g.


/ˈsʰíʔtà=zù bàṵn=pʰò̤wé=ká gḭ̂p dô̰k/
/ˈsʰíʔtà=zù bàṵn=pʰò̤wé=ká gḭ̂p dô̰k/


guardian=ERG bone=SEC forest=LOC give dog
guardian=ERG bone=SEC forest=LOC give dog
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=====Clitics beginning with /t/ and /p/=====
=====Clitics beginning with /t/ and /p/=====


Immediately after a monophthong with breathy voice (and thus necessarily a vowel in an open syllable that has stress), an inital /t/ in clitics lenites to /ɾ/. For example, the secundative clitic /ti/ becomes /ɾi/ e.g.
Immediately after a monophthong with breathy voice (and thus necessarily a vowel in an open syllable that has stress), an inital /t/ in clitics lenites to /ɾ/. For example, the secundative clitic /ta/ becomes /ɾa/ e.g.


/ˈsʰíʔtà gwà̤=ɾí gḭ̂p dô̰k/
/ˈsʰíʔtà gwà̤=ɾá gḭ̂p dô̰k/


guardian grass=SEC give dog
guardian grass=SEC give dog
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Immediately after a monophthong with harsh voice, /t/ also lenites to /ɾ/. However, it also triggers a phonation shift on the vowel from harsh to glottalised e.g. the noun meaning "snare" is /n̥ḛ̀/ in Tone Class 2. It normally has harsh voice, but it combines with the secundative clitic to form /n̥èʔ=ɾí/, as in:
Immediately after a monophthong with harsh voice, /t/ also lenites to /ɾ/. However, it also triggers a phonation shift on the vowel from harsh to glottalised e.g. the noun meaning "snare" is /n̥ḛ̀/ in Tone Class 2. It normally has harsh voice, but it combines with the secundative clitic to form /n̥èʔ=ɾá/, as in:


/ˈsʰíʔtà n̥ḛ̀=ɾí θú=gḭ̂p dô̰k=àuŋ/
/ˈsʰíʔtà n̥ḛ̀=ɾá θú=gḭ̂p dô̰k=àuŋ/


guardian snare=SEC ANTIP=give dog=DAT
guardian snare=SEC ANTIP=give dog=DAT
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The emphatic forms of the accusative pronouns are used with a postposition (e.g. the secundative /tí/). However, some of these pronouns trigger the sandhi rules discussed before (changing the phonation on the vowel to glottalised), and leniting the postposition to. Here is a list of the pronouns when used with the secundative postposition:
The emphatic forms of the accusative pronouns are used with a postposition (e.g. the secundative /tí/). However, some of these pronouns trigger the sandhi rules discussed before (changing the phonation on the vowel to glottalised), and leniting the postposition to. Here is a list of the pronouns when used with the secundative postposition:


1st Person Exclusive - /mìʔ=ɾí/
1st Person Exclusive - /mìʔ=ɾá/


1st Person Inclusive - /là̰n=/
1st Person Inclusive - /là̰n=/


2nd Person - /ḭ̀ŋ=/
2nd Person - /ḭ̀ŋ=/


3rd Person - /swìʔ=ɾí/
3rd Person - /swìʔ=ɾá/


Reflexive - /sèʔ=ɾí/
Reflexive - /sèʔ=ɾá/


===Applicative Voice===
===Applicative Voice===

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