markers | Meaning | Examples |
tsi⁵⁵ | Marker after nouns, or subclause, to indicate a condition or a comparison. | tṽ⁵⁵ŋua⁴⁴ ɣɯ³⁵ tsi⁵⁵, mo³¹ ta⁴² mɯ⁵⁵ ɤɯ⁴² tã³¹ pi⁵⁵si⁵⁵. Winter comes, he help him shelter the wind “When winter comes, he shelters him from the wind.” nɯ⁵⁵ no³³ tsi⁵⁵ ŋo³¹ ŋɯ⁵⁵ ã³¹tã⁵⁵ tã⁵⁵. You + MARKER I address uncle “I call you uncle.” |
no³³ | Marker after personal pronouns, nominal phrase, to foreground the complement | nɯ⁵⁵ no³³ ŋo³¹ ŋɯ⁵⁵ a⁵⁵sɛ²¹? you + MARKER I call what “How should I address you?” ne²¹ku³¹thi⁵⁵ no³³ xɯ⁵⁵ a³¹tho⁴⁴ staircase + MARKER (I) step will not “I will not step on the staircases.” |
ŋv⁵⁵ | Marker after personal pronouns, to foreground the complement | nɯ⁵⁵ ŋv⁵⁵ ŋo³¹ ŋɯ⁵⁵ a⁵⁵sɛ²¹? you + MARKER I call what “How should I address you?” |