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**with ''ok'' 'from', indicates stopping, avoiding, or preventing from VERBing | **with ''ok'' 'from', indicates stopping, avoiding, or preventing from VERBing | ||
**with ''ast'' 'without', indicates "without VERBing" [Dialects may use the ''-a'' infinitive] | **with ''ast'' 'without', indicates "without VERBing" [Dialects may use the ''-a'' infinitive] | ||
*The | *The bare infinitive is mainly used to construct deranked time clauses (like the Biblical Hebrew bi- + infinite construct), and also | ||
**with ''djeo'' 'in', indicates "while the action is taking place" or, when possessed, "while POSSESSOR is VERBing" | **with ''djeo'' 'in', indicates "while the action is taking place" or, when possessed, "while POSSESSOR is VERBing" | ||
**with ''eor'' 'on', indicates "upon/as soon as the action is taking place" or, when possessed, "upon the POSSESSOR's VERBing" | **with ''eor'' 'on', indicates "upon/as soon as the action is taking place" or, when possessed, "upon the POSSESSOR's VERBing" | ||
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***''ljeo'' + SUBJECT + ''seo/s'' + VERB-''a'' | ***''ljeo'' + SUBJECT + ''seo/s'' + VERB-''a'' | ||
***''ljeo'' + VERB + SUBJECT (possessed verbal noun) | ***''ljeo'' + VERB + SUBJECT (possessed verbal noun) | ||
**It is also used to form the infinitive absolute. | |||
====Split-ergativity==== | ====Split-ergativity==== | ||