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! Nr. !! Class !! Pronoun !! Example !! Meaning | ! Nr. !! Class !! Pronoun !! Example !! Meaning | ||
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| I || Animate || {{t|hó}} || {{t|sá poq}} || a person | |||
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| | | II || Inanimate || {{t|máq}} || {{t|sá jıo}} || a building | ||
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| | | III || Abstract || {{t|hóq}} || {{t|sá sıo}} || an idea | ||
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| IV || Descriptive || {{t|tá}} || {{t|sá de}} || something pretty | |||
| IV || Descriptive | |||
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:; {{t|Sá raı nä dua jí, ꝡä bu bo jí ráı da.}} | :; {{t|Sá raı nä dua jí, ꝡä bu bo jí ráı da.}} | ||
:: ''There are some things I know I don’t own.'' | :: ''There are some things I know I don’t own.'' | ||
Variables (words starting with the prefix {{t|nha-}}) also behave this way. | |||
In a serial verb, the first verb determines the animacy. | In a serial verb, the first verb determines the animacy. | ||