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2. chkwam summary
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3. Demonstratives
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7. Relational verbs
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8. Relative clauses
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10. Topic and focus
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Topics are sent to the right of the sentence. Topical agents require a pronoun to replace them:
xwla
snake ræq
die
The snake, it died
xwla
snake hay
woman rbwis
kill
"the snake, the woman killed it"
hay
woman ül
3HThird person human (person)
humans (or possibly sentients) rbwis
kill xwla
snake
"The woman, she killed the snake"
Focus is marked with the focus marked ë, focused element are also on the left:
Ë hay az rbwis xbwaq
FOC woman stand kill rabbit
THE WOMAN is killing the rabbit
Ë hay rbwis xbwaq
FOC woman kill rabbit
THE WOMAN killed the rabbit
Ë xbwah yäq hay rbwis
FOC rabbit sit woman kill
The woman killed THE RABBIT
Ë xbwah hay rbwis
FOC rabbit woman kill
The woman killed THE RABBIT
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