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==== The Participial ==== | ==== The Participial ==== | ||
The copula combines with a verbal noun, descended from the Proto-Duaric gerund, to form a compound verb. In Duaric linguistics, this verbal noun is referred to as the participial, as it also functions as nominalizers, adjectives, temporal nouns, among other functions. | The copula combines with a verbal noun, descended from the Proto-Duaric gerund, to form a compound verb. In Duaric linguistics, this verbal noun is referred to as the participial, as it also functions as nominalizers, adjectives, temporal nouns, among other functions. The participial replaced the original verbal noun that survives in its sister language Ín Duári. | ||
In intransitive clauses, the | The participial agrees with its subject in gender, number, and case. Adjectives may also appear and modify the participial. Just as in NPs, the participial follows its head. | ||
In intransitive clauses, the participial/participial phrase precedes the copula and any accompanying auxiliaries: | |||
{{Gloss | {{Gloss | ||
|phrase = Birân bagdamin baštân. | |phrase = Birân bagdamin baštân. | ||