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 ===Verbs===
 ==Syntax==
-Topic-comment syntax
+Tíogall grammar.
-===Predicates===
-:''Að smøøh bo sbenopats, twm øráð bo [toxrorégin] syrŋ a go þarcǿma ŋe.''
-:SG world COL dinosaur NEG only COL evolve-PASS.PART new DET PST.IPFV inhabit it
-:The world of the dinosaurs was not solely occupied by the newly-evolved. [The world of the dinosaurs, not only the newly evolved inhabited it.]
-In some tenses (progressive, perfect) the particle ''fa'' can be used after the ''a'' when fronting.
-:''Dy iant a duvwŋ.''
-:The teacher is sleeping.
-:''Duvwŋ a (fa) dy iant.''
-:It's the teacher who is sleeping.
-===Contrasting===
-Contrastive "partial clauses" borrow the syntax used in focused clauses.
-:''Sani dy ell ee Maið, ah twm Hmorill.''
-: Sani loves Maið, but Hmorill does not [love him].
-:''Sani dy ell ee Maið, ah twm ym Gelli.''
-:Sani loves Maið, but she does not love Gelli.