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====Verbal focus particles====

*''é'': used to form main clauses.

**Used when there is no independent object, or ~~when the independent object is placed before the verb~~.

**Used when there is no independent object or emphasized subject.

**Comes before subject pronoun.

**Comes before subject pronoun - e.g. ''é mi kôme.'' "I eat."

**"Independent object" refers to a direct or indirect object that is not a clitic pronoun.

**"Independent object" refers to a direct or indirect object that is not a clitic pronoun, while "emphasized subject" refers to a subject that has extra emphasis placed upon it.

*''éki'': used to form main clauses.

**Used when the independent object or emphasized subject is placed before the verb.

**Comes after the relevant object/subject - e.g. ''komîda éki mi kôme.'' "I eat food."; ''Úmar éki komîda kôme.'' "[It is] Omar [who] eats food."

*''kôs'': used to form main clauses.

**Used when the independent object is placed after the verb.

**Used when the independent object or emphasized subject is placed after the verb.

**Comes before subject pronoun.

**Comes before subject pronoun - e.g. ''kôs Úmar li kôme komîda.'' "Omar eats food."; ''komîda kôs kôme Úmar.'' "[The one who] eats food [is] Omar."

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*''kôski or gén'': used when the subject is placed after the verb.

**Comes before the verb.-->

====Interrogative pronouns====

*''kôs'': what

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 ====Verbal focus particles====
 *''é'': used to form main clauses.
-**Used when there is no independent object, or when the independent object is placed before the verb.
+**Used when there is no independent object or emphasized subject.
-**Comes before subject pronoun.
+**Comes before subject pronoun - e.g. ''é mi kôme.'' "I eat."
-**"Independent object" refers to a direct or indirect object that is not a clitic pronoun.
+**"Independent object" refers to a direct or indirect object that is not a clitic pronoun, while "emphasized subject" refers to a subject that has extra emphasis placed upon it.
+*''éki'': used to form main clauses.
+**Used when the independent object or emphasized subject is placed before the verb.
+**Comes after the relevant object/subject - e.g. ''komîda éki mi kôme.'' "I eat food."; ''Úmar éki komîda kôme.'' "[It is] Omar [who] eats food."
 *''kôs'': used to form main clauses.
-**Used when the independent object is placed after the verb.
+**Used when the independent object or emphasized subject is placed after the verb.
-**Comes before subject pronoun.
+**Comes before subject pronoun - e.g. ''kôs Úmar li kôme komîda.'' "Omar eats food."; ''komîda kôs kôme Úmar.'' "[The one who] eats food [is] Omar."
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 *''kôski or gén'': used when the subject is placed after the verb.
 **Comes before the verb.-->
 ====Interrogative pronouns====
 *''kôs'': what