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=== Nonfinite forms === | === Nonfinite forms === | ||
==== Infinitive ==== | ==== Infinitive ==== | ||
The infinitive of the verb is generally the verbal noun (aorist present noun) combined with the prefix -un. It finds more limited use than in English, outwith being the citation form of the verb, as Valmoric uses either the verbal noun or the impersonal form of the verb in many of the places where English would use the infinitive. This occurs, for instance, in complementary clauses: | |||
* "I want to die" would be expressed as "want I dying.ACC" in Valmoric, with "dying" being the verbal noun | |||
* "I want him to die" would be expressed as "want I his.ACC dying.ACC" | |||
* "I want her to kill him" would be expressed as "want I his.ACC she.ABL-dying.ACC" (Essentially, "I want his becauseofherdying") | |||
==== Aspect-tense nouns ==== | ==== Aspect-tense nouns ==== | ||
=== Inflectional endings === | === Inflectional endings === | ||