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its final vowel before final sentence suffix(es) if
any. |4

In La Paz and Sitajara (and possibly elsewhere--
data are incomplete) a pronoun subject of a verb inflected
for the Imperative usually loses its final vowel and takes
no independent or final suffixes. The vowel loss is tied
to co-occurrence with certain person/tense suffixes of
the Imperative, however, and the rules in La Paz differ
from those in Sitajara. In Morocomarca the subject of
an Imperative verb does not lose its final vowel. (For
a fuller discussion of these rules see 6-3.33.)

In sentences containing a main and a subordinated
verb (see 7-4.2), pronoun subjects may lose or retain their
final vowels. The following example is from La Paz/Compi,
with -chi NI (reduced to /s/) plus Simple tense on the
subordinated verb and Imperative (or Future) tense on

the main verb.

 

Jum_ nay_
jan sara.A mun.k.s.ta.x sara.:.
2>3
Juma. x NI S naya.w
2p no go want Ip go 1+3

F/I

‘If you don't want to go, I'll go.'

All four of the possible combinations with and without