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9. Verb Prefix Complex

The prefix complex of the verb includes three types of prefix: derivational prefixes, object pronoun prefixes, and paradigmatic prefixes. These occur in the following order:

1. Derivational prefixes. Only a few derivational prefixes occur in this position. Most of them are found in position 3.

2. Object pronouns when they are followed by postpositions.

3. Derivational prefixes including the postpositions. The latter precede all other prefixes except those occurring in position 1.

4. The paradigmatic prefix for the iterative mode.

5. The distributive prefix daa-. This may refer either to the subject or the object pronoun. The reference is made explicit by the context.

6. Object pronouns when functioning as direct objects.

7. The deictic prefixes: ji- '3a person subject', go- 'place subject', and 'i- 'indefinite subject'.

8. Two or three derivational prefixes occur in this position. These are rather generalized in meaning and contrast sharply with the derivational prefixes of positions 1 and 3.

9. The paradigmatic prefix for the future tense. This is always followed by the prefix for the progressive mode.

10. Modal prefixes for the perfective, progressive, and optative modes. The so-called peg element [see number 13] also occurs in this position.

11. Subject pronoun prefixes.

12. The classifier followed by the stem. Thematic prefixes, when present, occur in position 3.