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Serial verb: Difference between revisions
Change event to event/proposition, add relation example
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Serial verbs are a powerful construct in Toaq grammar. | Serial verbs are a powerful construct in Toaq grammar. | ||
Any verb with a “property” or | Any verb with a “property” or “event/proposition” slot at the end can essentially act as an auxiliary verb. | ||
(These look like <code>satisfy property ___</code> and <code>___ to happen/be the case</code> in Toadua, respectively.) | |||
Here is a list of examples to demonstrate the sort of thing serial verbs let you express in Toaq. | Here is a list of examples to demonstrate the sort of thing serial verbs let you express in Toaq. | ||
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{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|+ Event slot: “merge-into” | |+ Relation (binary property) slot: “merge-away two” | ||
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! noa | |||
| ___ is difficult to be in relation | |||
| style=color:red | ___ | |||
| with | |||
|- | |||
! lım | |||
| | |||
| style=color:red | ___ understands ___ | |||
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! noa lım | |||
| colspan=3 align=center style=color:green | ___ is difficult to understand. | |||
|} | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+ Event/proposition slot: “merge-into” | |||
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! le | ! le | ||