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The basic word order in sentences with a pronominal participant is VOS (verb-object-subject) where the object is preceded by a particle expressing whether it is direct or indirect, the latter also requiring a prefix on the verb.

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|phrase={{ash|daci dayyi}}

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|phrase={{ash|addoȹo dayyi}}

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Particles and determiners are both clitics that attach to the preceding word and may change its exact form or even surface merely as a change in stress. They are therefore romanised as part of the word to which they are attached. Roots therefore appear to have many allomorphs depending on the grammatical context.

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|phrase={{ash|nẽɱo qayi}}

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|phrase={{ash|nĩŋi qayí}}

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This also happens to verbs.

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|phrase={{ash|attayáti dow}}

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|phrase={{ash|attayáti dayyi}}

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Note also that these two examples showcase an impersonal verb with different syntactic requirements than a regular verb.

Another example is the following minimal pair:

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|phrase={{ash|attayáti}}

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|phrase={{ash|attayatí}}

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