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Valmoric morphology: Difference between revisions
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=== Nonfinite forms === | === Nonfinite forms === | ||
==== Infinitive ==== | ==== Infinitive ==== | ||
The infinitive of the verb is generally the verbal noun (aorist present noun) combined with the | The infinitive of the verb is generally the verbal noun (aorist present noun) combined with the suffix -un. It finds more limited use than in English, outwith being the citation form of the verb, as Valmoric uses either the verbal noun or the impersonal form of the verb in many of the places where English would use the infinitive. This occurs, for instance, in complementary clauses: | ||
* "I want to die" would be expressed as "want I dying.ACC" in Valmoric, with "dying" being the verbal noun | * "I want to die" would be expressed as "want I dying.ACC" in Valmoric, with "dying" being the verbal noun | ||