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As in many SOV languages, modifiers precede their heads, e.g. ''Shirkosh shi=rohpa,'' "This fine foreign cloth" (lit. "Foreigner fine.cloth"). | As in many SOV languages, modifiers precede their heads, e.g. ''Shirkosh shi=rohpa,'' "This fine foreign cloth" (lit. "Foreigner fine.cloth"). | ||
====The Noun Phrase==== | |||
====The Verb Phrase==== | |||
The verb phrase may contain up to three independent verb stems or roots. All verb phrases 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 auxiliary 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). Positional or motion verbs appear before the main verb. The primary ''ta-'' Inverse marker cliticizes to the first verb of the verb phrase. | |||
====Position of Adjuncts==== | |||
====Possession==== | ====Possession==== | ||