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- Marker with a (switch-)topic function (variously corresponding to 'and, however, instead, as for, but')
- - Example 189:
    
    míi ghoóṣṭ lookúṛi hínu iskuúl ba asíi kaṇeeghaá híni.
    míi
    1sg.gen
    ghoóṣṭ
    house
    lookúṛi
    <place>
    hin
    be.prs
    -u
    -MSG
    iskuúl
    school
    ba
    top
    asíi
    1pl.gen
    kaṇeeghaá
    <place>
    hin
    be.prs
    -i
    -f
    I live in Lokuri, but our school is situated in Kanegha.
    
    Source:
    
    A:OUR004
  - Example 226:
    
    tanaám maǰí áak míiš muṭá ǰe ukháai bhóo de maní, so utrapí muṭá ǰe ukháatu hínu. áak ba muṭá ǰe na ukháai bhóo de, so ba dharaṇí pharé dhreég dítu hínu.
    tanaám
    3pl.acc
    maǰí
    among
    ak
    one
    méeš
    man
    muṭ
    tree
    -a
    -obl
    ǰe
    up
    ukhéi
    come.up
    -áa
    -inf
    bha
    be.able.to
    -e
    -3sg
    de
    pst
    maní
    HSAY
    so
    3MSG.nom
    utráp
    run
    -í
    -CV
    muṭ
    tree
    -a
    -obl
    ǰe
    up
    ukhát
    come.up.pfv
    -u
    -MSG
    hin
    be.prs
    -u
    -MSG
    ak
    one
    ba
    top
    muṭ
    tree
    -a
    -obl
    ǰe
    up
    na
    neg
    ukhéi
    come.up
    -áa
    -inf
    bha
    be.able.to
    -e
    -3sg
    de
    pst
    so
    3MSG.nom
    ba
    top
    dharáṇ
    ground
    -í
    -obl
    pharé
    toward
    dhreég
    stretched.out
    dit
    fall.pfv
    -u
    -MSG
    hin
    be.prs
    -u
    -MSG
    One of the men knew how to climb a tree, so he ran and climbed up a tree. The other one, however, did not know how to climb a tree, so he stretched out along the ground instead.
    
    Source:
    
    A:UNF007-10
  - Example 227:
    
    míi nóo aaxuunseéd, míi báabii nóo ba gulseéd malák, míi dóodii nóo ba ɣolaamseéd malák.
    míi
    1sg.gen
    náau
    name
    aaxuunseéd
    <person>
    míi
    1sg.gen
    báabu
    father
    -ii
    -gen
    náau
    name
    ba
    top
    gulseéd
    <person>
    malák
    leader
    míi
    1sg.gen
    dáadu
    fathers.father
    -ii
    -gen
    náau
    name
    ba
    top
    ɣolaamseéd
    <person>
    malák
    leader
    My name is Akhund Sayd, my father's name Gul Sayd Malak, and my grandfather's name [in his turn] was Ghulam Sayd Malak.
    
    Source:
    
    A:ASH019
  - Example 228:
    
    tu kanáa bháanu, eendáa ba tu sangí bhíin.
    tu
    2sg.nom
    kanáa
    how
    bhe
    become
    -án
    -prs
    -u
    -MSG
    eendáa
    like.this
    ba
    top
    tu
    2sg.nom
    sangí
    with
    bhe
    become
    -en
    -3pl
    The way you are [the way you act], you will find yourself treated. [Proverb]
    
    Source:
    
    A:NH12:1:025
  - Example 229:
    
    ée kúṛi thíi míišii paaṇṭí ṣéeli híni tu míiš ba na.
    ée
    o!
    kúṛi
    woman
    thíi
    2sg.erg
    méeš
    man
    -ii
    -gen
    paaṇṭí
    clothes
    ṣa
    put.on
    -íl
    -pfv
    -i
    -f
    hin
    be.prs
    -i
    -f
    tu
    2sg.nom
    méeš
    man
    ba
    top
    na
    neg
    O woman, you have put on a man's clothes but you are not a man.
    
    Source:
    
    A:UXW013

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