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====Attributive verbs==== | ====Attributive verbs==== | ||
Verbs (accompanied with their arguments) can occur attributively before a nominal. Verbs used in this manner always occur in the singular. Class 3 verbs may reduplicate when qualifying plural or collective nominals. | Verbs (accompanied with their arguments) can occur attributively before a nominal. Verbs used in this manner always occur in the singular. Class 3 verbs may reduplicate when qualifying plural or collective nominals. | ||
An attributive verb occurs in the main clause form when it modifies its subject. Otherwise, it occurs in the subordinate form. | |||
:e.g. ''yi <b>yark<u>a</u></b> ka nama'' "the person who '''sees''' me"; ''an <b>ark<u>o</u></b> ka nama'' "the person I '''see'''" | |||
====General attributives==== | ====General attributives==== | ||