Verse:Mwail/Old Gloob: Difference between revisions
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The infinitive is used in reason clauses, time clauses, indirect speech (as the infinitive copula ''va̋cs'' + participle) whose truth is believed strongly by the speaker, and more rarely purpose clauses. The possessor of the infinitive represents the verb's subject. | The infinitive is used in reason clauses, time clauses, indirect speech (as the infinitive copula ''va̋cs'' + participle) whose truth is believed strongly by the speaker, and more rarely purpose clauses. The possessor of the infinitive represents the verb's subject. | ||
It is | It is used in dependent irrealis verbs that do ''not'' directly express an order or wish and thus for which jussive would be inappropriate. | ||
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