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==Infinitive absolute== | ==Infinitive absolute== | ||
In an infinitive absolute construction, the verb is repeated once before being "conjugated" for TAM. This is | In an infinitive absolute construction, the verb is repeated once before being "conjugated" for TAM. This construction is used to say "indeed" but often a "but" clause follows. | ||
:'''''Fyñg lly fyñg ab rree ciab.''''' | :'''''Fyñg lly fyñg ab rree ciab.''''' | ||
:die FUT.PERF die 3SG.M day one | :die FUT.PERF die 3SG.M day one | ||
:'' | :''It's true that he'll die one day.'' [lit. a dying he is to die] | ||