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The verb phrase is made up of the [[Nankôre#Verbs|verb complex,]], which may contain up to three independent verb stems or roots plus the copula, and its predicate.  The verb complex must end with the appropriate form of the auxiliary ''itá''. ''Itá'' was originally a copula but later on accreted voice, tense, and the secondary ''ta-'' Inverse marker.  The main verb precedes the copula and may be separated from it by a de-focused noun or by one or more adjuncts.  De-focused nouns appear immediately after the main verb, and adjuncts cannot be inserted between the two (see "Quasi-Incorporation" below).  Coverbs  appear before the main verb.  The primary ''ta-'' Inverse marker cliticizes to the first verb of the verb complex, which may be either a coverb, or the main verb.