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The position of verbs is less strict than nouns. They are preferably right-bound, and often appear at the end of a sentence, except when participles, wherein they tend to be left-bound and close to the noun they modify (e.g. ''kûnira ka’áp'' "the dog is taken" (non-participle) and ''ká’ap kûniru'' "the taken dog" (participle)). | The position of verbs is less strict than nouns. They are preferably right-bound, and often appear at the end of a sentence, except when participles, wherein they tend to be left-bound and close to the noun they modify (e.g. ''kûnira ka’áp'' "the dog is taken" (non-participle) and ''ká’ap kûniru'' "the taken dog" (participle)). However, the syntax of verbs possesses a great effect upon | ||
primarily affects case in nouns, pronouns, and pseudo-nouns in a variety of circumstances, mostly when objects (e.g. the difference between accusative ''asak āqfúl-un'' "I spoke with him" and nominative ''asuk āqfúl-un'' "I spoke next to him"). When subjects, however, there is a limited array of responses on how the relationship among case and verbal inflection behave. | |||
: ''asu gaflá'' "he eats" (medio-passive voice triggers the subject as nominative) | : ''asu gaflá'' "he eats" (medio-passive voice triggers the subject as nominative) | ||
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