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*''ʔEs-þay hichem dă hiskaȝ yis-måȝ.'' = Father returned and Mother saw Father.
*''ʔEs-þay hichem dă hiskaȝ yis-måȝ.'' = Father returned and Mother saw Father.


Semantic non-agents tend not to be marked with the ergative. Instead the preposition 'from' is used for what English would consider the agent:
'''IMPORTANT:''' Semantic non-agents tend not to be marked with the ergative. Instead the preposition 'from' is used for what English would consider the agent:


:''ʔEs-þad heȝgab '''fac'''-cărag ćahek.''
:''ʔEs-þad heȝgab '''fac'''-cărag ćahek.''