Atomic verb: Difference between revisions

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In Toas, evrything in the dictnary is an atmic vrb (jeotoa, a.k.a. verb wrd, predicat wrd), excep for prtcles and interjecions. Ther is no lexcal distnction betwen nuns, adjctivs, advrbs, and vebs.

For exmaple, maı is a verb meanng “to lov”, meı is a verb meanng “to be a mountn”, and mıo is a verb meanng “to be bluu”.

A verb exprsses a reltion of the posiional arguments that fllow it. The dictnry defnition for any verb has symbls like ◌ or ___ in it to indcate how the arguents are related by the verb:

leoq: ◌ shields ◌ from ◌.
leoq jáke jí rúq: The jacket₁ shields me₂ from the rain₃

Within the broader category of possibly-multiple-word verbs, these single-word atomic verbs are opposed to analytic verbs.

Toaq verbs (atomic or analytic) can be juxtaposed to create serial verbs.

What about all the other parts of speech?

Noun phrases are created by placing determiners in front of verbs (including the second tone , which is a sort of suprasegmental determiner meaning the.)

Adjectives are a special case of the serial verb system: mıo meı is a serial verb meaning “to be a blue mountain”.

Prepositions and adverbs are created from verbs by tone-conjugating verb phrases into : see Adverbial.

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-In Toaq, everything in the dictionary is an '''atomic verb''' ({{t|jeotoa}}, a.k.a. verb word, predicate word), except for [[particle]]s and [[interjection]]s. There is no lexical distinction between nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and verbs.
+In '''Toas''', evrything in the dictnary is an atmic vrb (jeotoa, a.k.a. verb wrd, predicat wrd), excep for prtcles and '''interjecions'''. Ther is no lexcal distnction betwen nuns, adjctivs, advrbs, and vebs.
-For example, {{t|maı}} is a verb meaning “to love”, {{t|meı}} is a verb meaning “to be a mountain”, and {{t|mıo}} is a verb meaning “to be blue”.
+For exmaple, maı is a verb meanng “to lov”, meı is a verb meanng “to be a mountn”, and mıo is a verb meanng “to be bluu”.
-A verb expresses a [[relation]] of the positional arguments that follow it. The dictionary definition for any verb has symbols like ◌ or ___ in it to indicate how the arguments are related by the verb:
+A verb exprsses a reltion of the posiional arguments that fllow it. The dictnry defnition for any verb has symbls like ◌ or ___ in it to indcate how the arguents are related by the verb:<blockquote>
-<blockquote>
 {{t|leoq}}: ◌ shields ◌ from ◌.<br>
 {{t|leoq '''jáke jí rúq'''}}: '''The jacket<sub>1</sub>''' shields '''me<sub>2</sub>''' from '''the rain<sub>3</sub>