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Note the following distinction:
Note the following distinction:
* Classes V through IX apply when the expression has a certain grammatical form.
* Classes V through IX apply when the expression has a certain grammatical form.
* Classes 0 through IV apply depending on the '''verb animacy class''' of the '''animacy head''' of a determiner phrase.
* Classes 0 through IV apply depending on the "main" '''verb animacy class''' of a determiner phrase.


=== Verb animacy classes ===
=== Verb animacy classes ===
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* If the verb describe an abstract concept or idea, it's in '''class III''' ({{t|hóq}}).
* If the verb describe an abstract concept or idea, it's in '''class III''' ({{t|hóq}}).
** Examples: {{t|noı, daq, dao, sıo, muı, zu…}}
** Examples: {{t|noı, daq, dao, sıo, muı, zu…}}
* Other verbs are '''class 4'' ({{t|tá}}).
* Other verbs are in '''class IV''' ({{t|tá}}).
** Examples: {{t|doq, nuı, juı, lıo, muo, raq, daı, de…}}
** Examples: {{t|doq, nuı, juı, lıo, muo, raq, daı, de…}}


(TODO: what is the animacy class of verbs that imply action or thought of the subject? I think they're class I also, but I'm not sure. {{t|koı, moı, tao, fıeq, jaı…}}?)
(TODO: what is the animacy class of verbs that imply action or thought of the subject? I think they're class I also, but I'm not sure. {{t|koı, moı, tao, fıeq, jaı…}}?)
=== Which is the "main" class? ===
How do we determine the animacy class of a DP like {{t|sa dẻ pỏq}} — a [[serial]] of a class-IV and a class-I word?
An [https://discord.com/channels/311223912044167168/889589074011230230/926472970518548490 unofficially proposed rule] seems to boil down to: "use the first non-class-IV word's class, if possible; otherwise use class IV".