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==Verb== | ====Verb==== | ||
The Aurónian verb is conjugated for person, number, and tense. The standard language is no longer inflected for moods besides the imperative but instead uses specific particles to fill this role. | The Aurónian verb is conjugated for person, number, and tense. The standard language is no longer inflected for moods besides the imperative but instead uses specific particles to fill this role. | ||
There are dialectal differences regarding how the tenses are built, shfiting between synthetic and periphrastic constructions. In rural areas it is not uncommon to hear ''lúsann'' 'I shall light' for the future tense of the verb {{term|lúcadh}} 'to light, to illuminate' instead of the periphrastic ''bhú lúcadh''. | There are dialectal differences regarding how the tenses are built, shfiting between synthetic and periphrastic constructions. In rural areas it is not uncommon to hear ''lúsann'' 'I shall light' for the future tense of the verb {{term|lúcadh}} 'to light, to illuminate' instead of the periphrastic ''bhú lúcadh''. | ||
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===Notes=== | =====Notes===== | ||
<ref name="bhui">All of these can be replaced with a single ''bhúi'' if the pronoun follows, which is more often the standard than the exception.</ref> | <ref name="bhui">All of these can be replaced with a single ''bhúi'' if the pronoun follows, which is more often the standard than the exception.</ref> | ||
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=== Syntax === | ====Syntax==== | ||
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==== Word order ==== | =====Word order===== | ||
{{improvesection}} | {{improvesection}} | ||
The default unmarked word order in Dhannuá is verb-initial with the object following and optionally the subject may come last (VOS). This is quite an interesting feature of the language considering the rarity of this word order in the world. | The default unmarked word order in Dhannuá is verb-initial with the object following and optionally the subject may come last (VOS). This is quite an interesting feature of the language considering the rarity of this word order in the world. | ||