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 ====Focus particles====
-*''-aa'': follows subject to place emphasis on it. The subject is placed in the absolutive and keeps its accent, except for than personal pronouns (where ''-aa'' takes the accent). The verb is placed in the subordinate form - e.g. ''<b>Anaa</b> baxe'' "'''It was I''' who left"; ''<b>Sharíifaa</b> ku ma yarkino'' "'''It is Shariif''' who does not see you."
+*''-aa'': attaches to and places emphasis on subject. The subject is placed in the absolutive and keeps its accent, except for than personal pronouns (where ''-aa'' takes the accent). The verb is placed in the subordinate form.
+:e.g. ''<b>Anaa</b> baxe'' "'''It was I''' who left"; ''<b>Sharíifaa</b> ku ma yarkino'' "'''It is Shariif''' who does not see you."
+*''dha'': places emphasis on preceding nominal. The main verb (if present) is placed in the attributive and suffixed with ''-m''. The emphasized nominal + ''dha'' usually goes at the end of the sentence.
+:e.g. ''bàxem <b>ána dha</b>.'' "The one who left '''was I'''."; ''an ka àrkom <b>Cáli dha</b>.'' "The one I see '''is Ali'''."
 ====Interrogative particles====