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Verbs are most often derived by pairing a light verb with either a following adjective or a preceding absolutive noun. When an absolutive noun is part of a complex verb, the clause's patient is instead marked as dative.
Verbs are most often derived by pairing a light verb with either a following adjective or a preceding absolutive noun. When an absolutive noun is part of a complex verb, the clause's patient is instead marked as dative.


====Other TAM and converbs====
====Other TAM and verb markers====
A number of tense-aspect combinations are formed by compounding verbs.
A number of tense-aspect combinations are formed by compounding verbs.


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! imperfective infinitive
! imperfective infinitive
| verb.IMPV + be.INF
| verb.IMPV || rowspan="5" | + || be.INF
|-
|-
! pluperfect
! pluperfect
| verb.PFCT + be.IPFV.PST/NPST
| verb.PFCT || be.IPFV.PST/NPST
|-
|-
! discontinuous
! discontinuous
| verb.PFCT + become.PFV
| verb.PFCT || become.PFV
|-
|-
! habitual
! habitual
| verb.IPFV + do.IPFV
| verb.IPFV || do.IPFV
|-
|-
! iterative
! iterative
| verb.IPFV + verb.IPFV
| verb.IPFV || verb.IPFV
|}
|}


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