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sentence where two such NP's have the same pronominal
clitics, this method of determining the subject does not
always work. A sentence such as (59) in the written form is
always ambiguous, unless the context is clear. The immediate
interpretation is that the NP before the verb (ureueng nvan
'that person') is the subject and the NP following the verb
(apacut 'uncle') the object. But it is also possible that
apacut is the subject and ureueng nvan the object when
pronounced with a different intonation, as will be described
later. Unlike in sentences (55) through (59) above, the
proclitic on the verb here is not useful in determining
which of the two NP's is the subject because both NP's take
the same form of proclitic.
59. Ureueng nyan geu-kalon apacut.
Person that 3r-see uncle-small
There is another way how one can mark the subject in
Acehnese, especially when the subject is not the NP before
the verb. In such a case, the subject is usually marked with
the word di/ glossed here as 'SFC ("subject focus"), di is
also used before the pre-verb subject, (di is discussed in
3.4.) When this word is used, the subject is clear, that is,
the NP preceded by this word.
60. Di ureueng nyan geu-kalon apacut.
SFC person that 3r-see uncle-small
'That person is looking at small uncle.'