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| In Toaq, a '''verb phrase''' ({{t|jeotoame}}) 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.
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| A verb phrase is either:
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| * A single-word [[verb]]. (See that article for why "young" is a verb in Toaq.)
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| ** {{t|Nỉo nháo da.}} "They are young."
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| * An '''object-incorporating verb''' ({{t|po, mea, jeı}}) followed its incorporated object [[noun phrase]], optionally terminated by {{t|ga}}.
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| ** {{t|Mẻa chíeme nháo da.}} "They are among the class."
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| * A '''name verb''' ({{t|mı, mıru}}) followed by a name [[phrase]], optionally terminated by {{t|ga}}.
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| ** {{t|Mỉ Sảra nháo da.}} "They are Sara."
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| * A '''free relative''' construction: {{t|lu … (ky)}}, where the phrase's [[resumptive pronoun]] {{t|hóa}} is the argument of the verb phrase.
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| ** {{t|Lủ sẻa hóa dãqleı ky nháo da.}} "They are someone who rarely rests."
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| * A [[serial verb]], made by juxtaposing a non-serial verb phrase with another verb phrase.
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| ** {{t|Jỏaı kảqshıa nháo da.}} "They seek glasses."
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| ** {{t|Pỏ súq ga chỉetuache nháo da.}} "They are your teacher".
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| *** The common {{t|pỏ X ga Y}} "is X's Y" construction is a serial verb of {{t|pỏ X ga}} ("is X's") and {{t|Y}}. The {{t|ga}} is mandatory in this position, otherwise {{t|súq chỉetuache}} would be interpreted as a serial verb conjugated in {{tone|2}}.
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| When tone-conjugating a verb phrase, only the {{tone|4}} on the first word changes to the new tone:
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| ! {{tone|2}}
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| ! {{tone|3}}
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| ! {{tone|4}}
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| ! {{tone|5}}
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| | {{t|nío}}<br>the young one
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| | {{t|nïo hóa}} <span style="opacity:0.5">{{t|cy}}</span><br>…who is young
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| | {{t|nỉo}}<br>is young
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| | {{t|nîo (súq)}} <span style="opacity:0.5">{{t|cy}}</span><br>that (you) are young
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| | {{t|méa chíeme}}<br>the one among the class
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| | {{t|mëa chíeme hóa}} <span style="opacity:0.5">{{t|cy}}</span><br>…who is among the class
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| | {{t|mẻa chíeme}}<br>is among the class
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| | {{t|mêa chíeme (súq)}} <span style="opacity:0.5">{{t|cy}}</span><br>that (you) are among the class
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| | {{t|mí Sảra}}<br>(the) Sara
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| | {{t|mï Sảra hóa}} <span style="opacity:0.5">{{t|cy}}</span><br>…who is Sara
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| | {{t|mỉ Sảra}}<br>is Sara
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| | {{t|mî Sảra (súq)}} <span style="opacity:0.5">{{t|cy}}</span><br>that (you) are Sara
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| | {{t|lú sẻa hóa dãqleı ky}}<br>the one who rarely rests
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| | {{t|lü sẻa hóa dãqleı ky hóa}} <span style="opacity:0.5">{{t|cy}}</span><br>…who is someone who rarely rests<ref>It's simpler to just say {{t|sëa hóa dãqleı}}, so this one isn't very useful.</ref>
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| | {{t|lủ sẻa hóa dãqleı ky}}<br>is someone who rarely rests
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| | {{t|lû sẻa hóa dãqleı ky (súq)}} <span style="opacity:0.5">{{t|cy}}</span><br>that (you) are someone who rarely rests<ref>Here, too, it's simpler to just say: {{t|sêa súq dãqleı}}.</ref>
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| | {{t|jóaı kảqshıa}}<br>the glasses-seeker
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| | {{t|jöaı kảqshıa hóa}} <span style="opacity:0.5">{{t|cy}}</span><br>…who seeks glasses
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| | {{t|jỏaı kảqshıa}}<br>seeks glasses
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| | {{t|jôaı kảqshıa (súq)}} <span style="opacity:0.5">{{t|cy}}</span><br>that (you) seek glasses
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| |}
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