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Broadwell, George Aaron (2000). On the phonological conditioning of clitic placement in Zapotec.
URL: http://www.albany.edu/anthro/fac/broadwell/broadwell_wscla2000.pdf
(Last accessed 2006-02-16).
ODIN: http://odin.linguistlist.org/igt_raw.php?id= 2344&langcode=ztu (2021-07-08).
Example #1:
3) Ù-dáù =pàc Juáàny réé= gèhht.
com-eat= cer Juan p lur=tortilla
`Juan certainly a te tortillas.' 5:148
Example #2:
11) Ù-dáù =cà Juáàny bziàá.
com-eat=aff Juan beans
`Yes, Juan ate beans.'
Example #3:
12) Juáàny= cà ù-dáù bziàá.
Juan=aff com-eat beans
`Yes, Juan ( TO PIC / FOCUS ) ate beans.'
Example #4:
21) *¿Túú ù-náá Juáàny Crìstìáán? 5:258
who com-see Juan Christina
(Who did John see Christina's?)
Example #5:
24) *¿Xhíí ù-dáù Juáàny bzyàá cùn ___?
what com-eat Juan beans and
(What did Juan eat beans and?)
Example #6:
*Juààny= cà Mòráàly ù-dáù bzyàá.
Juan=aff Morales com-eat bean
`Yes, Juan Mo rales ( TO PIC / FOCUS) ate beans.'
Example #7:
*Gááld-b ì= cà tyóp bììn-ngìù cá-yàù bzyàá.
twenty-&=aff two person-male con-eat bean
`Yes, twenty-two men (TO PIC / FOCUS ) are eating beans.' 5:272
Example #8:
46) a. Éè, [xhùmbréèjr] P=cà xhùp áà x-míèhgw C rìstíìn ngààs=nì.
yes hat=aff father:of p-friend Christina black=3i
`Yes, Christina 's friend's father's hat is b lack.'