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A verb is **Open** when it does not have a direct object indicated. This "open slot" must be interpreted based on context:
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1.**In a Relative Clause:** The open slot refers to the head noun (the antecedent).
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2.**In a Subordinate Clause:** It may refer to an unmentioned pronoun or a contextual object. This is one strategy for overcoming the lack of passivity.
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<HisyeoTabs>
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<p>kûôxi ôfo li fos noyo mokon <small>(Open)</small> <em>This fruit is that which I am eating</em></p>
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<p>kûôxi ôfo li fos mokon <small>(Open)</small> <em>This fruit is being eaten</em></p>
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</HisyeoTabs>
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3.**In a Main Clause:** It indicates that the object is generic, unimportant, or that the verb should be interpreted intransitively (the action itself is the point).
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<HisyeoTabs>
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<p>noyo mokon <small>(Open)</small> <em>I am eating (food).</em></p>
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</HisyeoTabs>
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:::warning Connectors & Prepositions
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Watch out for connectors, prepositions, and enders that can immediately follow a verb, it
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can look like the verb is closed but in reality, these words are explicitly
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indicating that the verb is open (since these words cannot act as objects).
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<HisyeoTabs>
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<p>oksûn fos nîmû mokon, li mîstu. <em>The meat that you are eating is rotten.</em></p>
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<p>noyo lunsol lêkin û nîmû ogolol yôk foxo. <em>I threw but you didn't catch!</em></p>
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<p>nio kôto mût noyo bi cosnî. <em>He spoke to me privately.</em></p>
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