...l “nested sentence”]]. And sometimes it is necessary to specify where that phrase ends, for unambiguity’s sake.
== A common example: {{class|po|object-incorporating verb}} phrases ==
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A '''noun form''' (known in Toaq as an '''{{t|aqmı}}''') is any string of words that
* a [[determiner phrase]] {{gray|like {{t|cáo}} <i>the season</i> or {{t|ké pıo}} <i>that one ro
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== {{t|nä}} with noun phrases ==
...ke to use it in a sentence. You really don’t want to put the enormous noun phrase in the middle of the sentence, like
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=== Pronouns ===
These pronouns refer back to words of a certain [[animacy class]]:
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=== Pronouns ===
These pronouns refer back to words of a certain [[animacy class]]:
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* A [[Determiner|quantifying determiner phrase]], such as {{t|sa chaq}}, introduces a quantification with [[scope]] over t
* A definite noun phrase, such as {{t|ke chaq}} or {{t|cháq}} in the prenex, marks a '''topic'''. T
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...t recent noun phrase belonging to that class. (This system of anaphoric pronouns is the ''only'' place in Toaq where this animacy distinction comes up, so
...criptive" animacy. It's not correct to use {{t|hó}}, because that's the pronoun for animate ''verbs'', not animate referents.
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...[[verb form]] and produces a [[noun form]] — specifically, a [[determiner phrase]].
...rminer, {{t|bıo}} “…is a cup” is a predicate phrase, and {{t|sá bıo}} is a noun form meaning “some cup(s).”
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...about {{t|báq kato}} is to treat it the way you'd treat an indefinite noun phrase like "cats" in English.)
Kind predicates make claims about kinds themselves. These cannot be paraphrased using sa. Examples: dinosaurs are extinct != there exist some dinosaurs th
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...rings of words (grammatical productions) that can function as “verbs” and “nouns” respectively, with the simplistic, teachable idea in mind that:
...small caps|clause}} ≔ {{small caps|verb form}} + zero or more {{small caps|noun form}}s
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...ke/ta}} used to mark the slot (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th) that the following
noun phrase fills. [[toaq.org]] writes:
<blockquote>Without marking, an argument
phrase always goes in the lowest numbered unfilled place. Using linking words, tha
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{{TODO|this is currently at odds with [[Verb form, noun form]]}}
In Toaq, a '''verb''' ({{t|jeotoame}}) is any phrase with the same grammatical behavior as a single [[atomic verb]].
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...s}} nä {{small caps|phrase}}}}. {{t|hóa}} is still bound in case of a noun phrase. Examples examples:
...→ {{t|bí {{small caps|topic}} nä {{small caps|phrase}}}} {{t|{{small caps|phrase}} … bí {{small caps|topic}} …}}
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{{refgram|syntax|determiner phrases}}
A '''determiner phrase''' or '''DP''' is a [[constituent]] that refers to an individual. Most prot
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...nite when it refers to a phrase that appears in the same sentence and that phrase is definite. Otherwise, it does the same thing as {{t|ké}} does, which is
We say a noun phrase is '''definite''' if it’s a function of just one plural constant.
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* a [[predicatizer]] taking a [[noun form]] {{gray|like {{t|po jí}} <i>to be mine / of me</i> or {{t|mea chóaq
* an {{t|[[ë]]}}-phrase {{gray|like {{t|ë dea súq múao}} <i>to be your kicking a tree; to be an
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| [[Verb phrase]], VP || {{t|faqtoame}} || {{t|hıo … nháo}} (verb + object)
| [[Complementizer phrase]], CP || {{t|ꝡatoame}} ||
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* New [[pronouns]].
...} etc are gone: instead, attach {{t|hú-}} to any head to refer back to the phrase headed by it.
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# The '''rising tone''' {{tone|2}} marks a noun or [[bound variable]]. ({{t|súq}} “you”, {{t|sa pỏq… póq}} “som
# The '''falling tone''' {{tone|4}} marks a verb phrase, or the tail of a [[serial]]. ({{t|fả}} “goes”, {{t|bũ dẻ}} “not
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This page gives a list of English sentences and phrases for which there is no widely accepted Toaq translation. The list is broken
* {{T|She hâqdoa jí tu shıtuaq bö jí hó, keo bo jí sıa hao da.}} has to be phrased much differently than the original (enough so that it might not even mean
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