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c. pfo-sü ‘he/she who is not at the place of the speech
    act and about whom the speaker does not know
    anything but has only heard or knows remarkably
    little or has vague memories having known him/
    her long ago or who is the object of the speaker’s unsure quesses’
 


Like the clitics, individuates close the phrase.
 

   

{ hi }

 
348 a

 nieo1 - {i }

‘the2 female1
   

{}

 
       
   

{ hi }3

 

 

b.

nieo1 mamüi kazhü2 {i }

‘the3 beautiful 2 female[s]1
   

{}

 
       
   

{ hi }2

 
349 a

iniu1 - { i }

‘the2 village1
   

{}

 
       
   

{ hi }3

 

 

b.

iniu1 kajü2 - {i }

‘the3 big2 village[s]1
   

{}

 
       
   

{ hi }2

 
350 a.

larübvü1 - { i }

‘the2 book1
   

{}

 
       
   

{ hi }3

 

 

b.

larübvü1 kazhü2 - { i }

‘the3 good2 book[s]1
   

{}

 
       
   

{ hi }2

 
351 a.

 pen1 { i }

‘the2 pen 1
   

{}

 
       
   

{ hi }

 

 

b.

 pen1 kakra 2 {i }

‘the3 white2 pen[s]1
   

{}

 
       
   

   { hi } 2

 
352 a.

 mikrüi1 - { i }

‘the2 meitei3
   

{}

 
       
   

{ hi }3

 

 

b.

mikrümüi1 ühopfü2 - { i }

‘all2 the3 Meiteis1
   

{}

 

They follow (monosyllabic) case markers of the following cases : the accusative or the direct object, allative including the indirect object, locative, ablative and one marker of the comitative viz. he ‘near’. They straddle disyllabic/dimorphemic case markers yi, the accusative case marker.
 

{ hi }2

353

 ai1    modokapina-yi- {i }

ni-e3

{}

I1 saw 3 the teacher2

{ hi }3

354

 a1  pfo2 -no osi-yi- {i }

da-e4

{}

my1 father2 beat4 the dog3

he, the animate allative marker.

{ hi }2

355.

·aiho1kar2 he3 - {i }

ta-e 4

{}

Daiho1 went4 to3 the doctor2

{ hi }2

356

ni1 pfü2 -he3 - {i }

ta-e4

{}

go4 to3 your1 mother2

{ hi }2

357

ona-no1 ovo2 he3 - {i }

ko-e4

{}

‘(the) child1 went4 near3 the pig2

 

 

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