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4+3 (Jiwasa.x) chura.fia.sa.w.

4p Ap

‘We have to give to X.'

When used in the above paradigm, the pronouns redundantly

express subjects already expressed by the possessive suf-

fixes. However, a verb nominalized with -fia plus a per-

sonal possessive suffix may also function as the head of

a noun phrase modified by a noun plus the complement/

relational suffix -na possessive, as in the following

examples from La Paz and Salinas:

133 (N Hava. n) chura.fia.xa.w.
give Tp

1-3 (Naya. n) Sara. fia.fla.w.
Ip go ss Ip

2+3 (Juma.n) sara.fia.ma.w.
2p ~~ 2p

3+3 (Jupa.n) sara.fia.pa.w.
3p 3p

4+3 (Jiwasa.n) sara.fia.sa.w.
4p ~ 4p

'I have to give to X.' (La Paz)
(My giving is obligatory.')

'I had to go.' (Salinas)
('My going was obligatory. ')

'You had to go.' (Salinas)

'He (etc.) had to go.'
(Salinas)

'We had to go.' (Salinas)

An example of a possessive phrase of this type

without a personal possessive suffix on the -fia nomina-

lized verb is the following, which has an unusual