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**Can occur before unfocused nominals, meaning "what/which" - e.g. ''má shara tarkee? / mashara tarkee?'' "what dog did you see?"

**Can occur before affirmative verbs to make yes/no questions (negative verbs which already have the negative particle ''ma'' do not use it). This particle is not obligatory and can be ommitted - e.g. ''(má) caamtee? / macaamtee?'' "did you eat?" (optional question particle); ''ma caamintee?'' "did you not eat?" (no question particle due to presence of negative particle)

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*''-me'' = interrogative focus particle

**~~Can occur~~ after nominals to place emphasis on them - e.g. ''shárame tarke?'' "was it ''a dog'' that you saw?"

**Placed after nominals to place emphasis on them - e.g. ''shárame tarke?'' "was it ''a dog'' that you saw?"

*''mee'' (<''ma + e'') = interrogative particle

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**Can occur sentence-finally to convert a statement into a question (kind of like a tag question) - e.g. ''caamte mee?'' "you ate, right?"; ''ma caaminte mee?'' "you ~~didn't~~ eat, right?"

*''mee'' (<''ma + e'') = interrogative focus particle

**Can occur sentence-finally to convert a statement into a question (kind of like a tag question) - e.g. ''caamte mee?'' "did you eat?" (or "you ate, right?"); ''ma caaminte mee?'' "did you not eat?" (or "you did not eat, right?")

**To place focus on a noun, the verb is placed in the attributive and suffixed with ''-m'' - e.g. ''càamtem kallúuma mee?'' "did you eat ''fish''?" (or "was is ''fish'' that you ate?")

==Syntax==

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 **Can occur before unfocused nominals, meaning "what/which" - e.g. ''má shara tarkee? / mashara tarkee?'' "what dog did you see?"
 **Can occur before affirmative verbs to make yes/no questions (negative verbs which already have the negative particle ''ma'' do not use it). This particle is not obligatory and can be ommitted - e.g. ''(má) caamtee? / macaamtee?'' "did you eat?" (optional question particle); ''ma caamintee?'' "did you not eat?" (no question particle due to presence of negative particle)
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 *''-me'' = interrogative focus particle
-**Can occur after nominals to place emphasis on them - e.g. ''shárame tarke?'' "was it ''a dog'' that you saw?"
+**Placed after nominals to place emphasis on them - e.g. ''shárame tarke?'' "was it ''a dog'' that you saw?"
-*''mee'' (<''ma + e'') = interrogative particle
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-**Can occur sentence-finally to convert a statement into a question (kind of like a tag question) - e.g. ''caamte mee?'' "you ate, right?"; ''ma caaminte mee?'' "you didn't eat, right?"
+*''mee'' (<''ma + e'') = interrogative focus particle
+**Can occur sentence-finally to convert a statement into a question (kind of like a tag question) - e.g. ''caamte mee?'' "did you eat?" (or "you ate, right?"); ''ma caaminte mee?'' "did you not eat?" (or "you did not eat, right?")
+**To place focus on a noun, the verb is placed in the attributive and suffixed with ''-m'' - e.g. ''càamtem kallúuma mee?'' "did you eat ''fish''?" (or "was is ''fish'' that you ate?")
 ==Syntax==