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===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||
The verb phrase in Nankôre require at a minimum an initial verb, plus the copula. An initial verb may be the main verb itself, or an auxiliary. A sort of division of labor exists between these components components; a certain set of clitics or affixes may attach to one of the components, and another to another. | |||
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#Aspect | #Aspect | ||
However, a set of bound morphemes, occurring as suffixes, attach exclusively to the main verb, regardless if it is the initial verb or not: | However, a set of bound morphemes, occurring as suffixes, attach exclusively to the main verb, regardless if it is the initial verb of the VP or not: | ||
*Main Verb | *Main Verb | ||
#Evidentials | #Evidentials | ||
Finally, the copula hosts the | Finally, the copula hosts the following set of morphemes, which are not clitics but actual affixes: | ||
*Copula | *Copula | ||