Example 40-76

Yo ulyo padgar su kadz.
Yo
I
ulyo
see.pst
padgar
priest
su
gen
kadz.
house
I saw the priest's house.
Comment:
Clements (1996: 160) suggests that Patient marking is best understood on a continuum. Most of the time, animate direct objects are marked with ku; and most of the time, inanimate direct objects are not marked. These are, however, tendencies.
Type:
constructed by linguist
Source:
Clements 1996: 160