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For emphasizing the object, "want/need/etc. an X to Y", a resumptive pronoun can be used after the verbal noun. (Alternatively the emphatic clitic -nna can be used on X.) | For emphasizing the object, "want/need/etc. an X to Y", a resumptive pronoun can be used after the verbal noun. (Alternatively the emphatic clitic -nna can be used on X.) | ||
:''''' | :'''''Gjelna tanneo ljeo djeosk lju!''''' | ||
: | :want-1SG something to eat.VN 3SG.M-DEP | ||
:''I want something to eat!'' | :''I want something to eat!'' | ||
:''''' | :'''''Tri harngin aemna lju ljeo aegir.''''' | ||
:''I didn't succeed in finding it.'' | :''I didn't succeed in finding it.'' | ||
The infinitive-final order arose from constructions corresponding to modal verbs in English: originally the order was something similar to {{recon|'' | The infinitive-final order arose from constructions corresponding to modal verbs in English: originally the order was something similar to {{recon|''Areon gnúi enŋ''}} ("on-1SG drink.VN water"), then ''Areon jeoneong ljeo gnui'' (originally "I want water to drink") became more common, eventually to the exclusion of the original construction, which is archaic or high-register today for common modal expressions. | ||
===Passive constructions=== | ===Passive constructions=== | ||