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Wei-supplementives
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The wei-supplementive is formed by suffixing the postposition -wei away to an adjectives, including adjectives derived from present participles.

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An example of this is provided below:

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Sa koe er laitsjendewei noch ôfskie nimme
so could he laughing.SUFF still goodbye take
In this way, he could still say goodbye laughing

Unsurprisingly, it is not possible to express syntactically the arguments of the verb to which the suffix has been appended:

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*Sa koe er om himsels laitsjendewei noch ôfskie nimme
so could he at himself laughing.SUFF still goodbye take
In this way, he could still say goodbye laughing at himself

The suffix is compatible with verbs which have incorporated their object argument:

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Sa koe er kofjedrinkendewei noch ôfskie nimme
so could he coffee.drinking.SUFF still goodbye take
In this way, he could still say goodbye drinking coffee

The suffix does not seem to be compatible with verbs which have incorporated their particle:

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*Sa koe er oprêdendewei noch ôfskie nimme
so could he up.clean.SUFF still goodbye take
In this way, he could still say goodbye cleaning up
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