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14.4 Grammar 183 However, note the following exception in an equative sentence.

4. Juan saglabakad. ‗John is an allycompanion of the chief.‘

Kinship terms are not stated this way, but rather with possessive phrases see 13.4.2. Examples 1. Pablo Juan urpa. ‗Paul is John‘s younger brother.‘ 2. Pablo Juan e 79 urpa. ‗Paul is younger brother to John.‘ In a transitive sentence, the accompaniment element is potentially ambiguous, i.e., it might not be clear whether the additional person is accompanying the subject or the object. Thus, in a sentence such as Juan Pedrobak machi sakis. ‗John with Peter boy hit.‘ one might wonder whether John and Peter hit the boy, or John hit the boy and Peter. The ambiguity is normally avoided by a pause after the subject indicated by a comma or by adding the topic marker -din-tin after the subject. Examples 1. Juan, Pedrobak machi sakis. ‗John hit the boy and Peter.‘ 2. Juan Pedrobak, machi sakis. ‗John and Peter hit the boy.‘ 3. Juandin Pedrobak machi sakis. ‗As for John, he hit the boy and Peter.‘ 4. Juan Pedrobakdin machi sakis. ‗As for John and Peter, they hit the boy.‘ Exercise 16 . Accompaniment frame drill The teacher says Sentence 1 and the student repeats it; the teacher says Sentence 2 and the student repeats it, etc. This exercise should be repeated several times. Example Teacher: Machi pabbak immal aminai. Student: Machi pabbak immal aminai. 1. Machi pabbak immal aminai. ‗The boy is hunting something with his father.‘ 2. Pun nanbak ti chune. ‗The girl is going to fetch water with her mother.‘ 3. Tad machibak ul chomne. ‗The elder is going to make a canoe with the boy.‘ 4. An arosbak ua kucha. ‗I ate fish with rice.‘ 5. Sagla Pedrobak machi palmis. ‗The chief sent the boy with Peter.‘ Exercise 17 . Accompaniment substitution drill The teacher says the frame and then selects a word from the list below and says it. The student substitutes the word in the frame. Example Teacher: An pabbak ne. Teacher: machi Student: An machibak ne. Frame An ____-bak ne. ‗I am going to go with ____.‘ 1. pab ‗father‘ 2. nan ‗mother‘ 3. machi ‗boy‘ 4. ub ‗brother-in-law‘ 5. Pedro ‗Peter‘ Exercise 18 . Accompaniment substitution drill The teacher says the frame and selects a word from the list below and says it. The student repeats the frame, substituting the word selected into the frame. 79 e is the third person possessive pronoun see 13.4.2.1.