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{{Example|Jıa guaı jí nha.|[future] I'll work. [promise]}} | {{Example|Jıa guaı jí nha.|[future] I'll work. [promise]}} | ||
You can start a subclause by saying a | == Clauses == | ||
A [[complementizer]] is a kind of word that starts a (sub-)clause. | |||
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, ꝡä guaı súq.|I know that you work.}} | {{Example|Dua jí, ꝡä guaı súq.|I know that you work.}} | ||
{{Example|Bu dua jí, mä guaı súq.|I don't know whether you work.}} | {{Example|Bu dua jí, mä guaı súq.|I don't know whether you work.}} | ||
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{{Example|Ꝡa guaı jí.|I work.}} | {{Example|Ꝡa guaı jí.|I work.}} | ||
{{Example|Ma chum guaı súq?|Are you working?}} | {{Example|Ma chum guaı súq?|Are you working? (Whether you're working?)}} | ||
{{Example|Tıo foı súq móq?|How bored are you?}} | {{Example|Tıo foı súq móq?|How bored are you?}} | ||
== | == Verbs and determiners == | ||
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. | ||
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{{Example|Dua tú poq, ꝡä suao {{green|póq}}.|Each person knows that {{green|they}} are important.}} | {{Example|Dua tú poq, ꝡä suao {{green|póq}}.|Each person knows that {{green|they}} are important.}} | ||
== {{t|hí}} and {{t|raı}} == | |||
We can ask questions using the determiner {{t|hí}}, which means "which?" | We can ask questions using the determiner {{t|hí}}, which means "which?" | ||
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{{Example|Chum chuq súq hí {{green|raı}}?|What are you eating? (Which {{green|anything}} are you eating?)}} | {{Example|Chum chuq súq hí {{green|raı}}?|What are you eating? (Which {{green|anything}} are you eating?)}} | ||
{{Example|Gı tú {{green|raı}}.|Every{{green|thing}} is good.}} | |||