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===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||
The word order is usually tense-subject-verbnoun-object or, when the object is a pronoun, tense-subject-object-verbnoun. However, tense-verbnoun-subject is acceptable as well. A nominal direct object is lenited; in fact, any indefinite dependent noun is lenited when used after a sequence of verbnoun + adjunct (similarly to the Welsh 'syntactic mutation' and the Modern Standard Arabic 'faulty accusative'). | The word order is usually tense-subject-verbnoun-object or, when the object is a pronoun, tense-subject-object-verbnoun. However, tense-verbnoun-subject is acceptable as well. A nominal direct object is lenited; in fact, any indefinite dependent noun is lenited when used after a sequence of verbnoun + adjunct (similarly to the Welsh 'syntactic mutation' and the Modern Standard Arabic 'faulty accusative'). | ||
Most verbnouns end in ''-asj'', but there are exceptions among common verbs. | |||
*''Lon teo siv'' = 'I'm running' (''siv'' is a lenited form of ''tsiv''.) | *''Lon teo siv'' = 'I'm running' (''siv'' is a lenited form of ''tsiv''.) | ||