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Makassar

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Makassar language has nominal, verb, noun, possessive and other forms. A first person my may appear at the first word of a sentence, but also they may appear at middle of a sentence. For example:

I-nakke                                 tena             ku                  anggappa       pa’-balla-kang      am-malli-a?              juku?        ri               pasarak-a              isubangi
1SG.NOM-1SG.NOM         NEG           1SG.POSS     get                 house                  INTR-buy-1SG        fish           PREP       market-DEF         yesterday
'I bought                  fish            at              the market             yesterday.'

ri               pasarak-a?         am-malli          juku?                     isubangi
PREP       market-1SG       INTR-buy      fish                        yesterday
 ‘At            (the) market,      you bought      fish                        yesterday’

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