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APPENDIX 0
relative forms as modifiers of substantives, autonomous forms as substantives, and participial forms in other dependent verb positions.
Most typically, the relative form has a tone on the syllable after the beginning of the root.
Choose the better rough translation for each verb, and say whether it is INDICATIVE, or RELATIVE:
| baboná | 'they see' who sees |
['who see': REL.] |
| babona | 'they see' '... who see' |
['they see': IND.] |
| ageenda | 'he goes' '... who goes' |
['he goes': IND.] |
| ageendá | 'he goes' '... who goes' |
['.. who goes': REL.] |
| bamesúura | 'they launder' '... who launder' |
'...who launder': REL.] |
| bataangura | 'they begin' '... who begin' |
['they begin': IND.] |
| ziziimvye | 'they are expensive' '...which are expensive' |
['they are expensive'] |
| ziziimvyé | 'they are expensive' '... which are expensive' |
['which are expensive'] |
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