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===Noun phrase=== | ===Noun phrase=== | ||
===Verb phrase=== | ===Verb phrase=== | ||
As mentioned in the [[Nidâri#The_Participial|Participial Section]], the participial and its head, the object, are in form identical with that of a nominal possessive phrase. The possessor of the NP serves as head and the possessum its dependent, just as the direct object serves as the head of its dependent, the participial. Both the possessor and the direct object receive genitive marking. The participial must also agree with the subject in gender and number, as illustrated in the following example: | |||
Tâqivan birânen baštânešan. | |||
/tɒɣiv'an birɒ'nɛn baʃtaɣe'ʃan/ | |||
tâqiv-an birân-en baštân-ešan | |||
burning-CL1.NOM house-GEN was=CAUS | |||
He burned down the house. (lit: "He was the house's burner.") | |||
===Sentence phrase=== | ===Sentence phrase=== | ||
===Dependent clauses=== | ===Dependent clauses=== | ||