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(Created page with "A '''noun form''' is any string of words that can appear as an argument to a verb form. In Toaq, this can be: * a determiner phrase {{gray|like {{t|cáo}} <i>the season</i> or {{t|ké pıo}} <i>that one rock</i> or {{t|tú}} <i>everything</i> or {{t|gú ë gıtoı súq jí}} <i>the two times you treated me well</i>}}; * a pronoun {{gray|like {{t|máq}} <i>it (inanimate)</i> or {{t|hụ́la}} <i>the aforementioned {{t|lä}}-clause</i>}}; * a complementizer...")
 
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* any [[focus]] phrase wrapping any of the above {{gray|like {{t|tó dóte}} <i>only the gift</i>}}.
* any [[focus]] phrase wrapping any of the above {{gray|like {{t|tó dóte}} <i>only the gift</i>}}.


We use the phrase <i>noun form</i> in place of <i>noun, noun phrase, argument</i> for reasons of clarity – see technical discussion at [[Verblike, nounlike]].
We use the phrase <i>noun form</i> in place of <i>noun, noun phrase, argument</i> for reasons of clarity – see technical discussion at [[Verb form, noun form]].