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 ===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====
 In non-active constructions (autostative, passive, mediopassive; all formed with [-s]) the word order remains the same as in the default word order.