It is noted on page 670 that there is no Objective Pronominal Prefix for the 2nd person applied to the Verb ; the person addressed is aware of the fact, and needs no such mention. In those tenses which retain the Prefix -ku- between the Subjective and Objective Prefixes, the presence of the -kuserves to indicate that there is an Objective Prefix understood, otherwise there would be no -ku-. In those tenses which do not retain the -ku-, there is a special accent on the Prefix, instead of the first syllable of the Stem. So strong is this accentuation that it appears almost to double the first consonant of the root (although there is no real closed syllable in Kongo, nor indeed in any Bantu language). Kàvuluza, that he might save you, is pronounced almost as kavvuluza.