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=== Verb animacy classes ===
=== Verb animacy classes ===
[[File:AnimacyPoster.png|thumb|200px|A poster outlining the main verb animacy classes.]]
<div style="text-align: center; display: inline-block;">
<div style="background-color: #fcc; padding: 2em; padding-top: 1em">
<strong style="font-size: larger">Class I – <b style="color: #c00">{{t|ho}}</b></strong>
<p>For living beings and their actions.</p>
{| style="margin: 0 auto; table-layout: fixed;"
| style="font-size: 200%; width: 2em" | 🧒
| style="font-size: 200%; width: 2em" | 🐕
| style="font-size: 200%; width: 2em" | 🏊
| style="font-size: 200%; width: 2em" | 🗣️
|-
| {{t|deo}} || {{t|kune}} || {{t|lıaı}} || {{t|kuq}}
|-
| child || dog || swims || says
|}
</div>
<div style="background-color: #fdc; padding: 2em; padding-top: 1em">
<strong style="font-size: larger">Class II – <b style="color: #c80">{{t|maq}}</b></strong>
<p>For inanimate tangible things.</p>
{| style="margin: 0 auto; table-layout: fixed;"
| style="font-size: 200%; width: 2em" | 🥝
| style="font-size: 200%; width: 2em" | ⛰️
| style="font-size: 200%; width: 2em" | 📦
| style="font-size: 200%; width: 2em" | 🔥
|-
| {{t|zeo}} || {{t|meı}} || {{t|tıaı}} || {{t|loe}}
|-
| fruit || mountain || box || flame
|}
</div>
<div style="background-color: #ccf3dd; padding: 2em; padding-top: 1em">
<strong style="font-size: larger">Class III – <b style="color: #090">{{t|hoq}}</b></strong>
<p>For abstract (intangible) concepts.</p>
{| style="margin: 0 auto; table-layout: fixed;"
| style="font-size: 200%; width: 2em" | 🌃
| style="font-size: 200%; width: 2em" | 🔠
| style="font-size: 200%; width: 2em" | ☯️ 
| style="font-size: 200%; width: 2em" | 🚭
|-
| {{t|nuaq}} || {{t|laı}} || {{t|chuaq}} || {{t|juao}}
|-
| night || letter || ideology || rule
|}
</div>
<div style="background-color: #ccf; padding: 2em; padding-top: 1em">
<strong style="font-size: larger">Class IV – <b style="color: #33c">{{t|ta}}</b></strong>
<p>For words that could apply to many things.</p>
{| style="margin: 0 auto; table-layout: fixed;"
| style="font-size: 200%; width: 2em" | 💨
| style="font-size: 200%; width: 2em" | ✨
| style="font-size: 200%; width: 2em" | ☕
| style="font-size: 200%; width: 2em" | 🌈
|-
| {{t|suaı}} || {{t|de}} || {{t|loq}} || {{t|reo}}
|-
| fast || beautiful || warm || colorful
|}
</div>
<div style="font-size: smaller; padding: 1em">[[User:Lynn|Lynn]]’s animacy poster, <br>outlining the main verb animacy classes. <br>[[Media:AnimacyPoster.png|See image version.]]
 
</div>
 
Every Toaq verb belongs to some verb animacy class:
Every Toaq verb belongs to some verb animacy class:
* If the verb necessarily implies animacy/sentience of its subject, it's in '''class I''' ({{t|hó}}).
* If the verb necessarily implies animacy/sentience of its subject, it's in '''class I''' ({{t|hó}}).