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b) Utoh Tal>e"* nyang peugbt pinto geutanyoe.<br />

Title Tahe who make door we^--<br />

'It is carpenter Tahe who made our door.'<br />

186. a) Nyang kireueh bungbng _Long»jnanok nyan.<br />

_________________ —— -_____»_x<br />

Which scratch flower I hen that<br />

' (The animal) that scratched my flowers is that<br />

hen.'<br />

b) Manok nyah* nyang kireueh bungong long.<br />

Hen that which scratch flower I<br />

Tt is that hen that scratched my flowers.'<br />

Some of focus sentences in Acehnese are sentences with<br />

a topicalized NP. Such focus sentences are of the form: Head<br />

NP-("nyana")-V-"di"+SubJect. There is an important<br />

difference between focus sentences of this type and relative<br />

clauses. Unlike in relative clauses, agreement proclitics on<br />

Class 1 verbs are obligatory in these focus sentences.<br />

187. a) Ureueng nyan geu-me pisang.<br />

Person that 3r-carry banana<br />

That person is carrying bananas.'<br />

b) Pisang* (nyang) *(geu-)me di ureueng nyan.<br />

Banana which 3r-carry SFC person that<br />

'It is bananas which the person are carrying.'

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