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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. | Most verbnouns end in ''-asj'' (cognate to Tíogall ''-ach'' and Nurian ''-ākah''), 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''.) | ||
*''Lon teo i chaevasj'' = 'I'm protecting it' (lit. "I'm at its protecting") | *''Lon teo i chaevasj'' = 'I'm protecting it' (lit. "I'm at its protecting") | ||