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163<br />

92. Rumoh keulabee nyan [rumoh lon]Np.<br />

House grey that house I<br />

That grey house is my house.'<br />

93. Abang di rumoh.<br />

Elder brother in house<br />

'Elder brother is in the house/at home.'<br />

As already mentioned in passing before, verbs or<br />

adjectives are made to agree with the subject. In passive<br />

sentences, verbs are made to agree with the agent. Agreement<br />

is marked by a pronominal clitic, which is used on the verb<br />

or adjective. This is discussed briefly here. Further<br />

discussion is given in Chapter 4.<br />

94. Jih<br />

Hey<br />

'He<br />

teungoh ji-pajoh bu.<br />

PROG 3y-eat rice<br />

is eating rice.'<br />

95. Si Ali golom ji-woe bak sikula.<br />

Title Ali not yet 3y-come back from school<br />

'All has not come back from school yet.'<br />

96. Lon hana Ion-woe cot uroe nyoe.<br />

I NEG 1-come home vertical day this<br />

T am not coming home this noon.'

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