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Examples of sentence-level things in Lwaitel : Word order
I got the food.
 
kíku múmwe.
[ˈku ˈkɨ.kʉ ˈmu.mwʊ̜̆]
I/me -kuget-1 múmwe.food.

One of many possible word orders. In this particular sentence, the words can be rearranged to any order.

 
Kíku múmwe.
[ˈki.kʉ ˈmu.mwʊ̜̆]
-kuget-1 múmwe.food.

The first-person pronoun is implied by the agreement suffix on the verb , so it can be omitted.


Kíku.
[ˈki.kʉ]
-ku.get-1.

If it's clear from context that we're talking about food, the object can be omitted altogether.

Noun phrase examples in Lwaitel : Definiteness
I get some food.
 
Kíkushe múmwe.
[ˈki.kʉ.ʃᵿ̜̆ ˈmu.mwʊ̜̆]
-ku-sheget-1-indf múmwe.food.
Noun phrase examples in Lwaitel : Definiteness
I didn't get any food.
 1 
Kíku úni múmwe.
[ˈki.kʉ ˈu.ɲɨ ˈmu.mwʊ̜̆]
-kuget-1 únineg múmwe.food.

Úni mumwe is the noun phrase here; if úni was modifying the verb, it would be kíku úni nga mumwe.

Noun phrase examples in Lwaitel : Definiteness
No one got this food.
1  
Úni íken an múmwe.
[ˈu.ɲɨ ˈi.kn̩ ˈan ˈmu.mwʊ̜̆]
únineg ik-enget.inv-prox anprox múmwe.food.
Noun phrase examples in Lwaitel : Definiteness
No one got any food.
1  
Úni íki nga múmwe.
[ˈu.ɲɨ ˈi.ki ˈŋɜ ˈmu.mwʊ̜̆]
únineg ik-iget.inv-obv ngaany múmwe.food.

*Úni iki úni mumwe would be double negation, so nga is required here.