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A '''content clause''' is a subclause that acts like a [[noun | A '''content clause''' is a subclause that acts like a [[noun form]]. | ||
For example, the phrases in bold here are content clauses: | For example, the phrases in bold here are content clauses: | ||
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# '''That she apologized''' doesn't change anything. | # '''That she apologized''' doesn't change anything. | ||
In Toaq, a simple content clause is made using {{ | In Toaq, a simple content clause is made using {{T|ꝡä}}. | ||
Placing {{ | Placing {{T|ꝡä}} before a verb starts a content clause, which lasts until it reaches into something that cannot be a part of it. In other words, trying to fill non-existent slots will terminate the clause (Example 2), but adding [[adverbial]]s will not (Example 1). | ||
{{Example| | {{Example|Zaı jí, {{green|ꝡä bu ruqshua râo níchaq}} da.|I hope {{green|that it won't rain today}}.}} | ||
{{Example| | {{Example|Sua, {{green|ꝡä marao íme}}, ꝡä jaı nháo.|{{green|That we dance}} is necessary for them to be happy.<br><small>({{t|Marao}} doesn't have a second slot, so {{t|ꝡä jaı nháo}} must belong to the outer clause.)</small>}} | ||
A content clause can also | A content clause can also contain a [[prenex]]: | ||
{{Example| | {{Example|Zaı jí, {{green|ꝡä pátı bï, bu ruqshua}} da.|I hope {{green|that as for the party, it doesn't rain}}.}} | ||
== Properties == | |||
'''[[Property|Properties]]''' are expressed in Toaq with {{t|lä}}. | |||
These correspond roughly to "non-finite" clauses in English that lack a subject, formed using "to" or "-ing": | |||
{{Example|Sue nháo mí Ana, {{green|lä soa já nháo}} da.|He asked Ana {{green|<u>to help</u> him}}.}} | |||
{{Example|Rıu jí, {{green|lä guaı tî núokua já}} da.|I resume {{green|<u>working</u> in the bedroom}}.}} | |||
{{Example|Kuaı jí, {{green|lä maı sá poq já}} da.|I desire {{green|<u>to be loved</u> by someone}}.}} | |||
See the [[property|'''main article''']] for more information. | |||
== Interrogative content clauses == | == Interrogative content clauses == | ||