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Using Direct/Indirect Object Pronouns

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Due to the nature of the language's syntax (only having space for a Subject and Object), an indirect object is typically put right after the verb along with an auxiliary/joining word e with a word proceeding called a. The words have no further meaning aside from their use in determining indirect objects and are technically the shortest in the lexicon.

Take for example: "I made the wheel for her"

me-mēhömka
1Past-Create
e
e
buo
Her
a
a
mi
I/me
etcivi
Wheel

‘I made the wheel for her’

e has no meaning here outside of determining that the next word will be an indirect object, and a determining the end of that noun.

When listing multiple indirect object nouns, you simply say them in between the e and a, take for example: "I will wash the clothes for me and her"

uob-tcemka
Wash-1Future
e
e
mi
I/me
buo
Her
a
a
mi
I/me
doleō
Clothes

‘I will wash the clothes for me and her’