four evidential suffixes that are added to verbs: (nonvisual sensory), (inferential), (hearsay), (direct knowledge): {| border="1" cellpadding="4" style="border-collapse: collapse; background: #f9f9f9; margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; vertical-align: top; border: 1px solid #ccc; line-height: 1.2em; font-family: Chrysanthi Unicode, Doulos SIL, Gentium, GentiumAlt, Code2000, TITUS Cyberbit Basic, DejaVu Sans, Bitstream Vera Sans, Bitstream Cyberbit, Arial Unicode MS, Lucida Sans Unicode, Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro, Matrix Unicode;" |- style="background: #efefef;" ! scope="col" | Evidential type ! scope="col" | Example Verb ! scope="col" | Gloss |- | scope="row" | nonvisual sensory | | "burned"[speaker felt the sensation] |- | scope="row" | inferential | | "must have burned"[speaker saw circumstantial evidence] |- | scope="row" | hearsay (reportative) | | "burned, they say"[speaker is reporting what was told] |- | scope="row" | direct knowledge | | "burned"[speaker has direct evidence] |} Switch-reference Eastern Pomo, like the other Pomoan languages, exhibits a system of switch-reference, whereby suffixes are used to mark whether a clause has the same or a different subject from the preceding clause. The suffixes also mark temporal, causative, and other distinctions. The switch-reference suffixes of Eastern Pomo are given in the table below: {| class="wikitable" ! Meaning ! Same Subject ! Different Subject |- | align="left"|Action of verb suffixed precedes in time that of main verb | align="center"|-iy | align="center"|-qan |- | align="left"|Action of verb (1) explains, justifies that of main verb,(2) is simultaneous with that of main verb | align="center"|-in | align="center"|-sa1 |- | align="left"|Action of suffixed verb is prior to and a prerequisitefor the realization of the action expressed by the main verb | align="center"|-pʰi | align="center"|-pʰila |- | align="left"|Action of main verb continues over same periodor begins with time specified by suffixed verb | align="center"|-bàya | align="center"|-iday |} 1 Occurs only with meaning (1) An example of one of the switch-reference markers in context is the sentence há· xá· qákkiqan, wi q’a·lál ṭá·la, "I took a bath, so [same subject] I got sick". Sample Lexicon la·bi’tʰ 'flash on and off' : {la·-} (occurs only with this root, meaning unknown) + {bi’-} 'position, be positioned' + {-tʰ} (suffix characterizes intermittent actions) qa·léy 'eaten up, eat up' : {qa·-} 'with jaws and teeth, with jaw-like action' + {lé-} 'extend, with even, smooth distribution, and by extension, completely include' + {-y} (perfective suffix indicating an action that is completed or accomplished) xá ku·ṭʰi’ski· 'splash water (with side of palm)' : {xá} 'water' + {ku·-}