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| yampe || | | yampe || Anut yampe temen itá || Anut walked beside the river with him.|| ''temen'' = to perform an activity by a river | ||
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| makôr || | | makôr || Ehok yurasna makôr -nahoyra-kor neat itá. || The adolescent struck (it) repeatedly with a club.|| ''-nahoyra-'' = Repetitive | ||
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These auxiliaries are often confused for adpositions, or relational nouns, but unlike adpositions and locative nouns, these auxiliaries are full-fledged verbs. If inverse marking is required, the prefix ''tā/tāh'' is still prefixed to the auxiliary verb. Likewise, aspect and modality markers are attached to the auxiliary, a process that occurs only with verbs in the language, never with nouns. Moreover, these auxiliaries can stand alone as independent verbs, such as ''Kosmakis Anut | These auxiliaries are often confused for adpositions, or relational nouns, but unlike adpositions and locative nouns, these auxiliaries are full-fledged verbs. If inverse marking is required, the prefix ''tā/tāh'' is still prefixed to the auxiliary verb. Likewise, aspect and modality markers are attached to the auxiliary, a process that occurs only with verbs in the language, never with nouns. Moreover, these auxiliaries can stand alone as independent verbs, such as ''Kosmakis Anut yampe itá'' "Anut walked with Kosmak" (''yampe '' = to be arm-in-arm; c.f. ''yanup'' "elbow"). | ||
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