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It also possible to have the impersonal pronoun carried by the dummy ҁiyyaa, as in the following examples where EXPL is expletive:

ҁahdaa-niiҁiyyaa-humul-mudiir-u
presented.3sgmas-meEXPL-themthe manager-NOM
“The manager presented them to me as a gift.”

ҁaʔṭaa-niiҁiyyaa-humul-mudiir-u
Gave.3sgmas-meEXPL-themthe manager-NOM
“The manager gave them to me.”

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