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Third person pronouns are ambiguous for number. They can optionally take dual or plural marking to be clear. | |||
=== Determiners === | |||
Every noun must have a determiner, which is different from Classical Latin. The main determiners attached directly around a noun. If a noun does not have one any of these components then the quantifier or possessive adjective must immediately precede it. | |||
{| class="bluetable style="text-align:center;" | |||
! colspan="2" | Specifier <br> +FOCUS | |||
! colspan="2" | Quantifier <br> + FOCUS | |||
! colspan="2" | Number | |||
! colspan="2" | Genus <br> + FOCUS | |||
! NOUN + CASE | |||
! colspan="2" | Genus <br> -focus | |||
! colspan="2" | Quantifier <br> -focus | |||
! colspan="2" | Specifier <br> -focus | |||
|- | |||
| 1. the/this || '''{{C|'ìl-}} ''' | |||
| 1. all/every || '''{{C|txot-}}''' | |||
| 1. dual || '''{{C|tu+}}''' | |||
| 1. kind || '''{{C|ken-}}''' | |||
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| 1' kind || '''{{C|-ner}}''' | |||
| 1' all/every || '''{{C|-tal}}''' | |||
| 1' the/this || '''{{C|-ll}}''' | |||
|- | |||
| 2. this/that || '''{{C|ste-}}''' | |||
| 2. each/per || '''{{C|kxäd-}}''' | |||
| 2. plural || '''{{C|flu+}}''' | |||
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| colspan="2" rowspan="3" | | |||
| 2' each/per || '''{{C|-tä}}''' | |||
| 2' this/that || '''{{C|-tse}}''' | |||
|- | |||
| 3. what/which || '''{{C|tswi+}}''' | |||
| colspan="4" rowspan="2" | | |||
| colspan="2" rowspan="2" | | |||
| 3' what/which || '''{{C|-tswi}}''' | |||
|- | |||
| 4. an/some || '''{{C|'al-}}''' | |||
| 4' an/some || '''{{C|-lìg}}''' | |||
|} | |||
For a given morpheme pair, to occur on the left brings it into focus. Compare this to putting its partner on the right, which does not attract focus. For example, '''tswisukx''' is ''WHICH captain?'', whereas '''tukxtswi''' is ''Which CAPTAIN?''. | |||
Certain English words require two of these bound morphemes to translate. For example 'all' + 'dual' = 'both'. | |||