User:IlL/A Danified analytic Neo-Arabic/Ancient: Difference between revisions
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===Uses of the infinitive construct=== | ===Uses of the infinitive construct=== | ||
Many of the Biblical or quasi-Biblical uses of the infinitive construct were retained: | Many of the Biblical or quasi-Biblical uses of the infinitive construct were retained: | ||
#la + IC may be used to indicate purpose | #la + IC may be used to indicate purpose or "while VERBing/by VERBing" | ||
#there were many verbs after which either la + IC or bare IC were commonly used | #there were many verbs after which either la + IC or bare IC were commonly used | ||
#ba- or χa- + IC + NOUN = "when possessor VERBs/VERBed..." | #ba- or χa- + IC + NOUN = "when possessor VERBs/VERBed..." | ||