Nankôre: Difference between revisions

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.