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Hapi

sóasih-a=poh h́-akaó kòhóo íhaí-a=ka==kaí

spirit-PL=TOPIC 1SG:POSS-daughter ABIL speak.with-2/3=DECL==NVIS

‘As for ghosts, my daughter can speak with them.’

Notes

  • the topic disjunct affix =poh marks a noun for being the topic of the discourse; this contrast's with the constituent which is in focus: while the topic is usually encoded by the topic marker, the focus is not marked, but it is instead fronted (the topicalized noun is also fronted, but additionally receives the topic marker)
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