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implication, however, is that the fiesta is moving physi-
cally closer, since the verbalized noun jak'a.cha.si.n.ka-
takes a physically moving subject. A preferable verb in
this instance, according to Yapita, would be puri.fia ‘to
arrive', which can take a human or nonhuman = nonliving
subject (see 8-2.25).

The following is also from a radio announcement.
The Spanish reciban sus saludos ‘receive your greetings'
is translated word for word (although the word order is

changed), giving the following:

- arum.t'a.naka.ma katu.g.t'a.sf.p.xa.ma.
greeting 2p receive -
Normally the verb katu.q.t'a.si.fia means 'to receive an
object' rather than something nonliving and immaterial like
greetings. (The above expression is also odd in that the
zero complement, arum.t'a.naka.ma, retains the final vowel

even though it occurs before the verb.) Yapita suggested

as a preferable substitute for the above:

Arum.t'a.ni.p.x.tam. 'They greet you.’
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In the following example there is no problem with
the reference of subject or complement but the meaning

is distorted by too literal translation: