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e.g. ''minooyn yaryar(aan)/yar(aan)'' "small houses" | e.g. ''minooyn yaryar(aan)/yar(aan)'' "small houses" | ||
In the present, Class III long forms can be used predicatively for disambiguation. In other tenses, focus particles such as ''waa'' can be used (note that in the present, ''waa'' can only be used with the long forms). | |||
e.g. ''inanki yar'' "the small boy" or "the boy is small" | |||
:''inanki (waa) <b>yaryaha</b>'' "the boy is small" | |||
:''inankii yaraay'' "the boy that was small" or "the boy was small" | |||
:''inankii <b>waa</b> yaraay'' "the boy was small" | |||
===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||