Nankôre: Difference between revisions

The verb phrase is made up of the [[Nankôre#The_Verb_Complex|verb complex]], and its predicate.  The verb complex must end with the appropriate form of the auxiliary ''itá''. ''Itá'' was originally a auxiliary but later on accreted voice, tense, and the secondary ''ta-'' Inverse marker.  The main verb precedes the auxiliary and may be separated from it by a de-focused noun or by one or more adjuncts.  De-focused nouns appear immediately after the main verb, and adjuncts cannot be inserted between the two (see "Quasi-Incorporation" below).  Coverbs  appear before the main verb.  The primary ''ta-'' Inverse marker cliticizes to the first verb of the verb complex, which may be either a coverb, or the main verb.