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27. a) Ureueng nyan teukhem-geuh sabe.
Person that smile-3r always
'That person Is smiling all the time.'
b)'Ureueng nyan teukhem sabe-geuh.
Person that smile always-3r
Agreement in sentences with hom 'I don't know, who
knows' and bah 'let, never mind, I don't care, who cares' as
predicates show a rather strange phenomenon. Sometimes,
agreement is made with something not expressed. The
expressed subject is often only a part of a phrase which
means something like "as far as it concerns me/he/you/etc.",
"in my/his/your/etc. case", etc. Instead of using the whole
phrase, only the the pronoun is used as the subject. When
the pronouns is the dominant element in the speaker's mind,
the verb is made to agree with this pronoun (or noun), but
if the situation related to the subject in the mind of the
speaker, the verb is made to agree with this unexpressed
element, that is when agreement is marked with -Jih '3.'
28. a) Di gopnyan hom-geuh.
SFC he- who knows-3r
'As for him, it is not our concern.'
a) Di gopnyan hom-jih.
SFC her
who knows-3
'As for his case, it is not our concern.'