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==Topicalization== | ==Topicalization== | ||
Sometimes used | Sometimes used; the topicalized phrase is set off by a comma. | ||
:'''''Dy otsón, tŋiv aversfits a teþ zydóŋa twm hugmasgen.''''' | :'''''Dy otsón, tŋiv aversfits a teþ zydóŋa twm hugmasgen.''''' | ||
:in plane, always intersect DET two line-PL not parallel | :in plane, always intersect DET two line-PL not parallel | ||
:''In a plane, two nonparallel lines always intersect.'' | :''In a plane, two nonparallel lines always intersect.'' | ||
==Infinitive absolute== | ==Infinitive absolute== | ||
In an infinitive absolute construction, the verb is repeated once before being "conjugated" for TAM. This is found in literary usage. | In an infinitive absolute construction, the verb is repeated once before being "conjugated" for TAM. This is found in literary usage. |
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