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== "To" and serial verbs == | == "To" and serial verbs == | ||
To make to-clauses, like "to speak Toaq" or "to create art", use {{t|lä}} and {{t|já}}. | To make to-clauses, like "to speak Toaq" or "to create art", use {{t|lä}} and {{t|já}}. | ||
{{Example|Zudeq jí Tóaqzu.|I speak Toaq.}} | |||
{{Example|Chıe jí, {{green|lä zudeq já Tóaqzu}}.|I learn {{green|to speak Toaq}}.}} | |||
This {{t|lä}} is another subclause-starting word like {{t|ꝡä}}, meaning ''to''. | This {{t|lä}} is another subclause-starting word like {{t|ꝡä}}, meaning ''to''. | ||
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There isn't really an English equivalent of {{t|já}}. You can think of it as a "hole" — it corresponds to the ''lack'' of a subject in English to-clauses. Instead of omitting the subject, in Toaq you say {{t|já}}. | There isn't really an English equivalent of {{t|já}}. You can think of it as a "hole" — it corresponds to the ''lack'' of a subject in English to-clauses. Instead of omitting the subject, in Toaq you say {{t|já}}. | ||
{{Example|Fıeq nháo báq lea.|She creates art.}} | {{Example|Fıeq nháo báq lea.|She creates art.}} | ||
{{Example|Taoshao nháo, {{green|lä fıeq já báq lea}}.|She intends {{green|to create art}}.}} | {{Example|Taoshao nháo, {{green|lä fıeq já báq lea}}.|She intends {{green|to create art}}.}} | ||