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In Toaq, a '''verb phrase''' is any phrase with the same grammatical behavior as a single [[verb]].
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Toaq is built around verbs, so verb phrases are everywhere. All of the [[tone]]s actually operate on verb phrases: {{tone|7}} doesn't just turn a verb into an [[adverb]], it turns a verb phrase into an adverb phrase.
 
A verb phrase is either:
* A single [[verb]].
** {{t|Nỉo nháo da.}} "They are young."
* An '''object-incorporating verb''' ({{t|po, mea, jeı}}) followed its incorporated object [[noun phrase]], optionally terminated by {{t|ga}}.
** {{t|Mẻa chíeme nháo da.}} "They are among the class."
* A '''name verb''' ({{t|mı, mıru}}) followed by a name [[phrase]], optionally terminated by {{t|ga}}.
** {{t|Mỉ Sảra nháo da.}} "They are Sara."
* A '''free relative''' construction: {{t|lu … (ky)}}, where the phrase's [[resumptive pronoun]] {{t|hóa}} is the argument of the verb phrase.
** {{t|Lủ sẻa hóa dãqleı ky nháo da.}} "They are someone who rarely rests."
* A [[serial]], made by juxtaposing a non-serial verb phrase with another verb phrase.
** {{t|Jỏaı kảqshıa nháo da.}} "They seek glasses."
 
When tone-conjugating a verb phrase, only the {{tone|4}} on the first word changes to the new tone:
 
{| class="wikitable"
! {{tone|2}}
! {{tone|3}}
! {{tone|4}}
! {{tone|5}}
|-
| {{t|nío}}<br>the young one
| {{t|nïo hóa}} <span style="opacity:0.5">{{t|cy}}</span><br>…who is young
| {{t|nỉo}}<br>is young
| {{t|nîo (súq)}} <span style="opacity:0.5">{{t|cy}}</span><br>that (you) are young
|-
| {{t|méa chíeme}}<br>the one among the class
| {{t|mëa chíeme hóa}} <span style="opacity:0.5">{{t|cy}}</span><br>…who is among the class
| {{t|mẻa chíeme}}<br>is among the class
| {{t|mêa chíeme (súq)}} <span style="opacity:0.5">{{t|cy}}</span><br>that (you) are among the class
|-
| {{t|mí Sảra}}<br>(the) Sara
| {{t|mï Sảra hóa}} <span style="opacity:0.5">{{t|cy}}</span><br>…who is Sara
| {{t|mỉ Sảra}}<br>is Sara
| {{t|mî Sảra (súq)}} <span style="opacity:0.5">{{t|cy}}</span><br>that (you) are Sara
|-
| {{t|lú sẻa hóa dãqleı ky}}<br>the one who rarely rests
| {{t|lü sẻa hóa dãqleı ky hóa}} <span style="opacity:0.5">{{t|cy}}</span><br>…who is someone who rarely rests
| {{t|lủ sẻa hóa dãqleı ky}}<br>is someone who rarely rests
| {{t|lû sẻa hóa dãqleı ky (súq)}} <span style="opacity:0.5">{{t|cy}}</span><br>that (you) are someone who rarely rests
|}

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