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Normally, the proclitics and enclitics used on the
predicate are the prefixal and suffixal forms of the
subject. Recall from Chapter 3 (3.3.1) that the subject of
an Acehnese sentence is determinable by intonation,
independet of its word order, geu- '3r' and meu-'lcxc> in
(1) and (2) are the prefixal forms of the pronouns gopnyan
'he/sher' and ismos 'w^exc' respectively, -geuh '3' in (3),
(5) and (6) is the suffixal form of goonvan which is used
for an NP subject equivalent in status to this pronoun, such
as the subjects of (3), (5) and (6). However, the pronoun
long 'I' is an exception. 2 This pronoun is often used with
ku-/-kuh 'lv,' the prefixal and suffixal forms of kee 'I
(vulgar).'
8. Di long hana long-/ku-woe dilee.
SFC I NEG 1- /lv- go home yet
' I am not going home yet.'
9. H'an ek-long/-kuh nyan di long.
NEG want-l/-lv that SFC I
' I don't want that.'
Agreement in non-verbal predicates is usually the
result of verb omission. The most frequently omitted verb is
ns 'exist, there is' in sentences with locational adverbs.
^In North Aceh dialect long is an unmarked form,
whereas lon. which is an unmarked form in the dialects of
Pidie and Greater Aceh, is a polite form. (See 2.1.1.)