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===Verb phrase===
===Verb phrase===
The prototypical verb phrases is composed of the phrasal head, any enclitics, subject pronoun.
====Intransitive====
:{|
|''karesi tan''
|-
|''kar-e=si''||''tan''
|-
|grey-{{sc|stat}}={{sc|little}}||{{sc|1sg}}
|-
|}
:‘I'm a little bit grey’
=====Transitive=====
A transitive verb requires at least an object (O) in addition to the previous type.
:{|
|''lana tan ha-tok''
|-
|''lan-a''||''tan''||''ha-tok''
|-
|cook-{{sc|dyn}}||{{sc|1sg}}||{{sc|def-}}chicken
|}
:‘I cook the chook’
A transitive verb with discarded object and second argument promotion with the directive marker '''-e'''.
:{|
|''nimańa laja tan mire''
|-
|''ni=mań-a''||''laj-a''||''tan''||''mir=e''
|-
|{{sc|perhaps}}=try-{{sc|dyn}}||sing-{{sc|dyn}}||{{sc|1sg}}||{{sc|2sg}}={{sc|dir}}
|-
|}
:‘Perhaps I should try to sing for you’
====Non-active constructions====
====Non-active constructions====
In non-active constructions (autostative, passive, mediopassive; all formed with [-s]) the word order remains the same as in the default word order.
In non-active constructions (autostative, passive, mediopassive; all formed with [-s]) the word order remains the same as in the default word order.

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