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Independent clauses are technically not possible in Rttirri; instead, the verb complex in the clause is made into a gerund using the suffix ''-pu''. This eliminates the need for evidentiality particles on the clause, since nouns cannot have evidentiality. In the following example, a gerund is made the direct object of the verb "to say":
Independent clauses are technically not possible in Rttirri; instead, the verb complex in the clause is made into a gerund using the suffix ''-pu''. This eliminates the need for evidentiality particles on the clause, since nouns cannot have evidentiality. In the following example, a gerund is made the direct object of the verb "to say":


:''Wa-∅-pu-rtiu-nu ∅-ppa-kau-'''pu''' rasi-kka.''
:''Wa-∅-pu-rtiu-nu ∅-ppa-kau-'''pu''' rra-kka.''
:3SG.ERG-3SG.ABS-PST-say-DRPAC 3SG.ABS-go-want-GER house-DAT
:3SG.ERG-3SG.ABS-PST-say-DRPAC 3SG.ABS-go-want-GER house-DAT
:She said that she wanted to go home. (lit. "She spoke her desire to go home.")
:She said that she wanted to go home. (lit. "She spoke her desire to go home.")
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Quoted speech, however, requires no such nominalization.
Quoted speech, however, requires no such nominalization.


:''Wa-∅-pu-rtiu-nu, "Ni-ppa-kau-nu rasi-kka!"''
:''Wa-∅-pu-rtiu-nu, "Ni-ppa-kau-nu rra-kka!"''
:3SG.ERG-3SG.ABS-PST-say-DRPAC 1SG.ABS-go-want-DRPAC house-DAT
:3SG.ERG-3SG.ABS-PST-say-DRPAC 1SG.ABS-go-want-DRPAC house-DAT
:She said, "I want to go home!"
:She said, "I want to go home!"
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