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A human third person topic may occur in a sen-

tence with a -na nominalized verb.

Usu.ri.x ufi.ja.fia.wa. ‘The sick person cis } to be
sick see 7 has
3p cared for.' (La Paz/Compi)

Apart from the above types of occurrences, which
are believed to be general, several paradigms of -jia
obligatory may be cited. Some are more common in
certain dialects than in others.

A -fia nominalized verb may be reverbalized and
then inflected for all persons except 3+3. This para-
digm has occurred in La Paz and Jopoqueri. The follow-
ing are examples with 1+3 and 2+3 Simple tense inflec-

tions, from La Paz/Compi:

(Naya.x) chura.fia.:.t.wa. 'I have to give to X.'
Ip give ~———— ‘133
S

(Juma.x) chura.fia.:.ta.wa. ‘You have to give to X.'
2p _ 223

A -fia nominalized verb plus the possessor suffix
-ni may also be verbalized and inflected, usually to
express obligation, as in the following examples from

La Paz (Compi and Tiahuanaco). The paradigm is restricted