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‘Teach me, does God exist?’<br />
b. amiti muRa.<br />
amiti muRa<br />
exst 3sg.ms<br />
‘He exists.’<br />
(see (5.1))<br />
(9.21) a. ta1Rakana, pekumesa tasupe, amititipa Dios?<br />
ta1Ra =kana pe= kumesa ta= =supe amiti =tipa Dios<br />
son.male.ego =pl.ms 2pl= say 1sg.ms= =goal exst =interr God<br />
‘Children, tell me, does God exist?<br />
b. amiti muRa.<br />
amiti muRa<br />
exst 3sg.ms<br />
‘He exists.’<br />
(see (6.1))<br />
2nd Question-Response Pair These passages exhibit two noteworthy differences. First, in the<br />
question portion the Catechism Fragment passage, (9.22), exhibits a resumptive pronoun muRa<br />
3sg.ms that is absent in the Full Catechism passage, (9.23) . The presence <strong>of</strong> this pronoun in this<br />
context is optional in the modern language, suggesting that the contributors simply opted for different<br />
constructions in this case, both grammatical. Second, the response passage that delineates the<br />
ontological status <strong>of</strong> God is more elaborated in the Catechism Fragment than in the Full Catechism,<br />
where wakutataRa ‘protector’ is absent from the latter text. Furthermore, the Catechism Fragment<br />
response exhibits two uses <strong>of</strong> the comitative postposition (=mukui) NP coordination strategy, and<br />
one use the coordination particle weRanu, both <strong>of</strong> which are absent from (9.23). The uses <strong>of</strong> the two<br />
different strategies in the Catechism Fragment are both grammatical, and constitute more masterful<br />
uses <strong>of</strong> Omagua than the simple list in the Full Catechism passage.<br />
(9.22) a. maRaitipa Dios muRa?<br />
maRai<br />
what<br />
=tipa Dios muRa<br />
=interr God 3sg.ms<br />
‘What is God?’<br />
b. 1watimai Ritama, aikiaRa tuyuka Ritama, upakatu maRainkanamukui, yaw1k1taRa, wakutataRa,<br />
yeneyaRasemai weRanu, muRiai Dios muRa.<br />
1wati =mai Ritama aikiaRa tuyuka Ritama upa =katu maRain<br />
be.high.up =inact.nomz village dem.prox.ms land village all =intsf thing<br />
=kana =mukui yaw1k1 -taRa wakuta -taRa yene= yaRa<br />
=pl.ms =com make -act.nomz carry.in.arm -act.nomz 1pl.incl= master<br />
=semai weRanu muRia -i Dios muRa<br />
=verid coord thus -? God 3sg.ms<br />
‘The Creator <strong>of</strong> Heaven, Earth and all things, the protector, and our true Lord as well,<br />
thus is God.’<br />
(see (5.2))<br />
(9.23) a. maRaitipa Dios?<br />
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