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== "To" and serial verbs == | == "To" and serial verbs == | ||
To make to-clauses, like "to speak Toaq" or "to create art", use {{t|lä}} and {{t|já}}. This {{t|lä}} is another subclause-starting word like {{t|ꝡä}}, | To make to-clauses, like "to speak Toaq" or "to create art", use {{t|lä}} and {{t|já}}. | ||
This {{t|lä}} is another subclause-starting word like {{t|ꝡä}}, meaning ''to''. | |||
There isn't really an English equivalent of {{t|já}}. You can think of it as a "hole" — it corresponds to the ''lack'' of a subject in English to-clauses. Instead of omitting the subject, in Toaq you say {{t|já}}. | |||
{{Example|Zudeq jí Tóaqzu.|I speak Toaq.}} | {{Example|Zudeq jí Tóaqzu.|I speak Toaq.}} | ||