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"To want" is ''srétī́n''. It is used (chiefly with an intransitive verb) in the infinitive, always with a subject possessor (''Srétīn mindasén d'insé'' "I want to travel in a city", lit. "I want my traveling in a city"), or with transitive verbs in the supine (definite direct objects are marked). | "To want" is ''srétī́n''. It is used (chiefly with an intransitive verb) in the infinitive, always with a subject possessor (''Srétīn mindasén d'insé'' "I want to travel in a city", lit. "I want my traveling in a city"), or with transitive verbs in the supine (definite direct objects are marked). | ||
== | ==Compound verb constructions== | ||
Instead of using directional adverbs, like English, Themsarian prefers to compound verbs with directional verbs to indicate direction of motion: | Instead of using directional adverbs, like English, Themsarian prefers to compound verbs with directional verbs to indicate direction of motion: | ||
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*''-riedī́n'' 'towards speaker' | *''-riedī́n'' 'towards speaker' | ||
*''-harī́n'' 'away from speaker' | *''-harī́n'' 'away from speaker' | ||
*''-cōtī́n'' 'continue to' | *''-cōtī́n'' 'continue to' | ||
*''-isséin'' 'with great caution' | |||
==Derivational morphology== | ==Derivational morphology== | ||