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different  for  masculine  and  feminine.  It  is  -for  masculine  (56b)  and  -  is  for

                    feminine (56c). Likewise the third person marker is -(56d).


                    The following list shows the subject-verb agreement markers according to tense and
                    person:
                    (57)


                    a. The past tense

                    Person                            Markers

                    1st, H                               -

                     nd
                    2  MAS                               -

                     2  FEM                             -
                      nd
                     rd
                    3  MAS                              -

                     rd
                    3  FEM                             -
                     rd
                    3   FEM,PL                         -

                    b. The present tense

                    Person                               Markers

                    1st, H                               -


                     nd
                    2  MAS                               -
                      nd
                     2  FEM                             -

                    3  MAS                              -
                     rd
                     rd
                    3  MAS,PL                         -

                     rd
                    3  FEM                             -
                     rd
                    3   FEM,PL                         -

                    c. The future tense
                    Person                               Markers

                    1st, H                               -


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