| 11. | An obviative / proximate system has a different way of distinguishing between multiple third-person referents.
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| 12. | The obviative form is used when there are two or more animate third persons in a sentence.
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| 13. | Like other Ojibwe dialects, Ottawa grammar includes obviative, indicating a noun phrase that is less prominent.
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| 14. | Animate obviative nouns do not mark number so it is unknown whether an obviative noun is singular or plural.
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| 15. | Animate obviative nouns do not mark number so it is unknown whether an obviative noun is singular or plural.
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| 16. | In the first two examples the action takes place directly, where the proximate is acting upon the obviative.
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| 17. | Obviation is only marked on Transitive Animate verbs, and there is no obviative marking on inanimate nouns or verbs.
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| 18. | The fourth person subject prefix "'ji-"'is a kind of obviative third person.
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| 19. | Proximate nouns are those deemed most central or important to the discourse, while obviative nouns are those less important to the discourse.
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| 20. | Another important distinction involves the contrast between nouns marked as " proximate " and those marked as " obviative ".
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