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 *''ȝåxx'' 'I come (imperfective)', ''så xaȝån'' 'I do not come (imperfective)', ''niþ xaȝån'' 'if I come (imperfective)'
 *''xaȝån'' 'I came (perfective)', ''så ȝåxx'' 'I did not come (perfective)', ''niþ ȝåxx'' 'if I came (perfective)'
-===Ergativity===
-Ergative noun phrases use an ergative particle ''yi''.
-*''ʔEs-þay hichem.'' = Father returned.
-*''ʔEs-måȝ hiskăȝö yis-þay.'' = Father saw Mother.
-*''ʔEs-þay hiskaȝ yis-måȝ.'' = Mother saw Father.
-*''ʔEs-þay hichem dă ʔes-måȝ hiskăȝö yis-þay.'' = Father returned and saw Mother.
-*''ʔEs-þay hichem dă sökeȝ xaþ-þay.'' = Father returned and saw Mother. (using the antipassive)
-*''ʔEs-þay hichem dă hiskaȝ yis-måȝ.'' = Father returned and Mother saw Father.
-'''IMPORTANT:''' Semantic non-agents tend not to be marked with the ergative. Instead the preposition 'from' is used for what English would consider the agent:
-:''ʔEs-þad heȝgab '''fac'''-cărag ćahek.''
-:DET water 3SG-freeze_intr from=wind cold
-:''The cold wind froze the water.'' [lit. The water froze from the cold wind.]
-Here, using ''yi-'' as in ''*ʔEs-þad heȝgab '''yis'''-cărag ćahek'' would be incorrect, since ''cărag'' 'wind', as an inanimate noun, cannot be an agent in Netagin.
 ===Relative clauses===