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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 | ====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 | | verb.PFCT || be.IPFV.PST/NPST | ||
|- | |- | ||
! discontinuous | ! discontinuous | ||
| verb.PFCT | | verb.PFCT || become.PFV | ||
|- | |- | ||
! habitual | ! habitual | ||
| verb.IPFV | | verb.IPFV || do.IPFV | ||
|- | |- | ||
! iterative | ! iterative | ||
| verb.IPFV | | verb.IPFV || verb.IPFV | ||
|} | |} | ||
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