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iye
1
Third person singular; he, she.
‘It’ is usually zero. In transitive serial verb constructions and transitive complement verb constructions the thrid person singular pronoun is realized as -ne.
Hap luma' ne iye.
He went home already.
Ī' pe iye mangan.
She is still eating.
Intag libruhin? La'i diyata' lamisahan.
Where is the book? (It is) there on the table.
2
It, that.
It is often used with other demonstratives. It also occurs in iye-cleft constructions.
Iye ne miya'an. Iye ne iyan. Iye ne itu'.
It is that (that is that). That is that. It is it (that is it).
Iye ne kew.
It is as you say (you are right).
Na, iye ne be. Taman miya'an ne hadja pegbissāten bi. Tiya' ne ku hap luma'.
Well, that is it. We will end our speaking with that. I am going home now.
We'ey kew hap luma'. Iye ne.
Why are you going home? That’s why.
Iye matekka dibuhi'in si Dende.
It was Dende who arrived last night.
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