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Verbs can be preceded by tense, aspect, and polarity (negation) words. | Verbs can be preceded by tense, aspect, and polarity (negation) words. | ||
Sentences can end with a [[speech act particle]] whose tone is lexical (i.e. part of the word): | Sentences can end with a [[speech act particle]] whose tone is lexical (i.e. part of the word): {{t|da}} for a statement, {{t|móq}} for a question, {{t|ba}} for a wish, {{t|nha}} for a promise… | ||
{{t|da}} for a statement, {{t|móq}} for a question, {{t|ba}} for a wish, {{t|nha}} for a promise… | |||
The default is {{t|da}} if there are no question words, and {{t|móq}} if there are. | The default is {{t|da}} if there are no question words, and {{t|móq}} if there are. | ||
{{Example|Jıa guaı jí nha.|I'll work. [promise]}} | {{Example|Jıa guaı jí nha.|[future] I'll work. [promise]}} | ||
You can start a subclause by saying a [[complementizer]] in the glottal tone {{Done|3}}. There's {{t|ꝡä}} "that", {{t|mä}} "whether", {{t|tïo}} "to what degree" and more. | |||
{{Example|Dua jí, wä guaı súq.|I know that you work.}} | |||
{{Example|Bu dua jí, mä guaı súq.|I don't know whether you work.}} | |||
{{t| | You can also use these complementizers in {{Done|1}} in the main clause. {{t|Ꝡa}} doesn't change the meaning, but {{t|ma}} and {{t|tıo}} are how you ask questions. | ||
In English it seems weird to have a complementizer in the main clause (*''That I'll work.'') but in Toaq it's fine. | In English it seems weird to have a complementizer in the main clause (*''That I'll work.'') but in Toaq it's fine. | ||
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{{Example|Tıo foı súq móq?|How bored are you?}} | {{Example|Tıo foı súq móq?|How bored are you?}} | ||
== Nouns == | |||
== Nouns | |||
In Toaq, nouns and verbs and adjectives are all the same part of speech, called verbs. | In Toaq, nouns and verbs and adjectives are all the same part of speech, called verbs. | ||