b. Sentence-accent.
45. Certain words are atonic, i. e. are always spoken unstressed 5in the phrase: e. g. aŋ áso the or a dog, sa ákin to me.
The atonic words are: aŋ, at, ay, kay to (not káy, ké than), kuŋ, na attributive (not nà already), naŋ, ni of (not nì nor), o or (not ò oh), pag, sa, si.
The short variants of at, ay, and na, namely t, y, and ŋ 10(§ [37]), having no vowel, cannot be stressed; they are treated in every way as though they formed part of the preceding word.
46. In closely united phrases the last word keeps its accent, while the preceding ones often weaken theirs. Especially a final syllable often loses its accent before another word in the phrase:
15dáhil díto on account of this, often: dahil díto,
aŋ maŋà báhay the houses, often: aŋ maŋa báhay,
aŋ kanyà ŋ báhay his or her house, aŋ kanya ŋ báhay,
aŋ malakì ŋ báhay the large house, aŋ malaki ŋ báhay.
47. Opposed to the preceding rule is the treatment of certain 20words which we may call enclitics. These very frequently, to be sure, receive the normal treatment: that is, they are stressed and the preceding word either keeps its stress or, if oxytone, often loses it; but frequently, instead, the enclitic loses its accent: