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Predicate slots may be subdivided on the basis of whether or 

 not the verb that fills the slot incorporates a pronominal marker 

 indicating the person of the subject or of the subject and object. 

 Pi slots, illustrated by all of the above examples, are filled by verbs 

 in the non-future tense and incorporate pronominal markers. P2 

 slots are filled by future tense verbs which do not incorporate pro- 

 nominal markers : 

 P2 



nad^'i'eyu disi ku suzu-'u ha-di hica-nti dya-riiA 



will go there south we where giant his house 



We will go south to the giant's house. 



AUXILIARY SLOT (a) 



The occurrence of a P2 slot presupposes the presence in the same 

 clause of an A slot filled by a verbal auxiliary (as suzu-?u we, in the 

 example above). Verbal auxiliaries comprise both a structural class 

 and a function class. The A slot is always filled by a single verbal 

 auxHiary and performs the function of indicating the person of the 

 subject or subject and object when this is not included in the verb 

 itself. The A slot in general immediately follows the P slot: 



^P_^ A 



hdiktr duwe- si zli-ne su 



when this way back will you 



go 

 When will you come back? 



The occasional occurrence of other elements between the P and A 

 slots prevents treating the verb plus its auxiliary as a verb phrase 

 filling a simple slot, 



SUBJECT SLOT (s) 



The grammatical function of a subject slot with its filler is to 

 indicate the subject of the verb in the predicate slot. This unit is not 

 obligatory to a complete clause, as the person and number of the 

 subject is indicated in the verb itself or in the verb together with its 

 auxiliary. The filling of the subject slot either adds redundancy or 

 else indicates the subject with more specificity. The subject slot may 

 be filled by any one of the following elements. 



Pronouns. — Included in this category are the first person pronoun, 

 hinu, the second person pronoun, hisu, and various third person 

 pronouns such as 'i'lskA one, du this one, he that one, hau someone and 

 ?isgawa both of them: 



S P 



su 'i'e '?isgawa 'i'ai su fe su cadyad^i 



both they fought 



Then the two of them fought. 



