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*The auxiliary verb ''gaara'' "to say" is ubiquitous in Hadda verbal morphology. Its functions include: | *The auxiliary verb ''gaara'' "to say" is ubiquitous in Hadda verbal morphology. Its functions include: | ||
**Forming compound tenses, which can either form new tenses or disambiguate existing forms - e.g. ''gaa'wa gwaara'' "will be throwing", ''gaa'wa jiira'' "was throwing" (equivalent to ''jii'wa''; might be used if another verb has the same past form), ''gwaa'wa jiira'' "was going to throw" | **Forming compound tenses, which can either form new tenses or disambiguate existing forms - e.g. ''gaa'wa gwaara'' "will be throwing", ''gaa'wa jiira'' "was throwing" (equivalent to ''jii'wa''; might be used if another verb has the same past form), ''gwaa'wa jiira'' "was going to throw" | ||
**Deriving verbs from nouns, interjections, loanwords, etc - e.g. ''ħiʔ gaara'' "to hiccup" (literally: to say | **Deriving verbs from nouns, interjections, loanwords, etc - e.g. ''ħiʔ gaara'' "to hiccup" (literally: to say ħiʔ), ''telefoona gaara'' "to telephone" (literally: to say telephone). | ||
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