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<td>{{tone|5}}</td> | <td>{{tone|5}}</td> | ||
<td>(Rise-)Fall Hiatus</td> | <td>(Rise-)Fall Hiatus</td> | ||
<td>Adverbial, | <td>Adverbial, Context</td> | ||
</tr> | </tr> | ||
<tr> | <tr> | ||
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<p>Adverbials and verbs work as normal. The rising tone now an allophone of <em>sá</em>, instead of <em>ló</em>.</p> | <p>Adverbials and verbs work as normal. The rising tone now an allophone of <em>sá</em>, instead of <em>ló</em>.</p> | ||
{{Example|Kaı rén kúe tî búajıo jǐbo.|Somebody is writing a book in my house.}} | {{Example|Kaı rén kúe tî búajıo jǐbo.|Somebody is writing a book in my house.}} | ||
<p>Object incorporation | <p>Object incorporation works by using {{tone|3old}} on the determiner or the pronoun, and has an allophone <em>nhy</em>.</p> | ||
<p>Negation is handled by the verb <em>bu</em> (▯ is false.)</p> | <p>Negation is handled by the verb <em>bu</em> (▯ is false.)</p> | ||
{{Example|Chun bû jí shámu. / Bu chun jí shámu.|I'm not eating an apple.}} | {{Example|Chun bû jí shámu. / Bu chun jí shámu.|I'm not eating an apple.}} | ||
<p>Yes/no questions are handled with the unary verb <em>ma</em>.</p> | <p>Yes/no questions are handled with the unary verb <em>ma</em>.</p> | ||
{{Example|rıq ló kue mâ?|is the book green?}} | {{Example|rıq ló kue mâ?|is the book green?}} | ||
<p>Tenses and aspects are handled by these verbs:</p> | <p>Tenses and aspects are handled by these verbs:</p> | ||
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{{Example|Tua chıe súq jí nöaq já ba.|Teach me how to read.}} | {{Example|Tua chıe súq jí nöaq já ba.|Teach me how to read.}} | ||
{{Example|Huı müaq júaq réq shǐ mẽa ló me!|Even one person's death in the team is bad!}} | {{Example|Huı müaq júaq réq shǐ mẽa ló me!|Even one person's death in the team is bad!}} | ||
Relative clauses are with {{tone| | Relative clauses are with {{tone|7}} and it has the allophone <em>ꝡẽ</em>. They work as you would expect, except unary predicates in relative clauses never need <em>hóa</em>. Non-restrictive clauses start with <em>jũ.</em> | ||
{{Example|Bo jí kúe kĩa.|I own a red book.}} | {{Example|Bo jí kúe kĩa.|I own a red book.}} | ||
{{Example|Kaq súq tíbi lãqshuaq hê hóa sía.|You're watching a TV which makes no sound.}} | {{Example|Kaq súq tíbi lãqshuaq hê hóa sía.|You're watching a TV which makes no sound.}} | ||
The tone {{tone|7}} on determiners and pronouns can be used as shortcut for <em>po</em> serializing. | |||
{{Example|chíe sã chıejıo|a school's learners}} | |||
The tone {{tone|5}} on determiners and pronouns can be used as shortcut for giving context that would otherwise be given with <em>bï</em>.<br/> | |||
Serial verbs are attached with {{tone|3old}}. | Serial verbs are attached with {{tone|3old}}. | ||
{{Example|élu nǔı.|small elephant.}} | {{Example|élu nǔı.|small elephant.}} | ||