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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}}. There isn't really an English equivalent of {{t|já}}, but it goes in the place of the would-be subject. | 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}}, and it corresponds roughly to "to". There isn't really an English equivalent of {{t|já}}, but it goes in the place of the would-be subject. | ||
{{Example|Zudeq jí Tóaqzu.|I speak Toaq.}} | {{Example|Zudeq jí Tóaqzu.|I speak Toaq.}} | ||