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 ====Definiteness====
-There are no articles, but the subject of a clause is generally definite and the verb deals with something indefinite and swapping the subject
+There are no articles, but the subject of a clause is generally definite and the verb deals with something indefinite and swapping the subject and the verb within a clause is used to achieve this effect. This results in some transformations that produce entirely different looking words, such as the change from '''''mogivo''''' (≈ "the banana") to '''''jimujai''''' (≈ "a banana") in the following sentences.
+:{| class="graytable"
+|-
+| colspan="20" | '''''Keemaxi mogivo.'''''
+|-
+| colspan="20" | <small>[ˈkeːmaʔi ˈmoŋiwo]</small>
+|-
+| '''k_m_x_''' || the monkey  || '''_ee_a_i''' || eats
+|-
+| '''m_g_v_''' || the banana || '''_o_i_o''' || is directly affected
+|-
+| colspan="20" | ''The monkey eats the banana.''
+|}
+:{| class="graytable"
+|-
+| colspan="20" | '''''Keemaxi jimujai.'''''
+|-
+| colspan="20" | <small>[ˈkeːmaʔi ʒimuˈʒai̯]</small>
+|-
+| '''k_m_x_''' || the monkey  || '''_ee_a_i''' || eats
+|-
+| '''j_m_j_''' || what is directly affected || '''_i_u_ai''' || is a banana
+|-
+| colspan="20" | ''The monkey eats a banana.''
+|}
 ====Location====