The 3'( obviative ) person is an elaboration of the third; it is an " out of focus " third person.
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If the obviated entity is an animate noun, it will be marked with an obviative suffix, typically-o or-�ho.
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Obviative is marked on animate nouns as the suffix /-a / and on inanimate nouns as the suffix /-iliw /.
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In the first line the hyphen'-'is used to mark the division between a Obviative suffix "-n ."
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Rarely do either the possessive theme "-m " or the obviative possessor theme "-ni " stand by themselves.
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This direction can be inverted meaning that the verb marks when the obviative is acting on the proximate by using the inverse morpheme ik?-:
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Like most Algonquian languages, Ojibwe distinguishes two different kinds of third person, a " proximate " and an " obviative ".
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In Ojibwe, one of the two participants would be marked as proximate ( whichever one was deemed more important ), and the other marked as obviative.
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Note that there is no obviative form for inanimate nouns, and neither the obviative nor the locative have plural forms ( plurality is known through context ).
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Note that there is no obviative form for inanimate nouns, and neither the obviative nor the locative have plural forms ( plurality is known through context ).
