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:1SG.ERG-3SG.ABS-PST-hate-New_York-DRPAC always | :1SG.ERG-3SG.ABS-PST-hate-New_York-DRPAC always | ||
:I always hated New York. | :I always hated New York. | ||
In informal speech, a lengthy noun may optionally be substituted with a shorter one outside the verb complex - this can be seen as analogous to the classifier systems used in the Oneida language making use of noun incorporation. For instance, the sentence ''Yuhhu, kepuchitufakhasya na'''tufakha''' urtuki!'' could instead be expressed as ''Yuhhu, kepuchitufakhasya na'''chipu''' urtuki!'', where ''chipu'' simply means "food". The "alternative" noun used outside the verb complex need not be a literal equivalence or even phonetically shorter at all, so this is technique is frequently used for poetic effect. | |||
===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||