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====Compound Verbs==== | ====Compound Verbs==== | ||
The auxiliary ''-mb-'' of compound verbs developed from the fusion of a bound pronominal marker to the connective particle ''mon'' (possibly derived from the Minhast connective ''min''), which is attached to the suffix ''-bi''< | The auxiliary ''-mb-'' of compound verbs developed from the fusion of a bound pronominal marker to the connective particle ''mon'' (possibly derived from the Minhast connective ''min''), which is attached to the suffix ''-bi''<ref>Possibly from a defunct locative case suffix ''-bi'', ultimately derived from Middle Peshpeg ''*nimi'' "chest", c.f. Modern Peshpeg ''embi'' "hollow"</ref>, plus a tense-aspect marker. The verbal noun contains the semantic content of the verb phrase. | ||
Subject and object pronominal prefixes attach to the head of the verb complex. Residual traces of the now-defunct vowel harmony system is preserved to varying degrees depending on the dialect. | Subject and object pronominal prefixes attach to the head of the verb complex. Residual traces of the now-defunct vowel harmony system is preserved to varying degrees depending on the dialect. | ||