Basic Predications. In a basic predicative utterance a Kāmviri speaker first depicts objects in their spatio-temporal setting and then depicts a change in the objects. A final intonational marker shows the speaker's status vis-ą-vis the hearer. In the sentence
the objects appear first, followed by the change. The period at the end represents the terminal contour of falling pitch that indicates a normal mildly assertive status of the speaker towards the hearer.Variations in this basic order and in the default order of the depiction of objects and setting are governed by the speaker's emphasis.