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=== Verb ===
=== Verb ===
'''vat'''
'''vat'''
# ([[wikt:copular_verb|''copular'']]) to [[wikt:be#English|be]]
# ([[wikt:copular_verb|''copulative'']]) to [[wikt:be#English|be]]
# ([[wikt:Appendix:Glossary#intransitive|''intransitive'']]) to [[wikt:exist#English|exist]], [[wikt:there_be#English|there to be]]
# ([[wikt:Appendix:Glossary#intransitive|''intransitive'']]) to [[wikt:exist#English|exist]], [[wikt:there_be#English|there to be]]
# ([[wikt:Appendix:Glossary#intransitive|''intransitive'']]) to [[wikt:be#English|be]] (in a place, at a time)
# ([[wikt:Appendix:Glossary#intransitive|''intransitive'']]) to [[wikt:be#English|be]] (in a place, at a time)
# ([[wikt:Appendix:Glossary#auxiliary|''auxiliary'']]) to [[wikt:be#English|be]] (used to form the continuous aspect with the present adverbial participle)
# ([[wikt:Appendix:Glossary#auxiliary|''auxiliary'']]) to [[wikt:have#English|have]] (used to form the perfective aspect with the past adverbial participle)


==== Usage notes ====
==== Usage notes ====
* When introducing a predicate ending in a consonant, the enclitic form {{wordlink|-at|Radestrian}} can be used. Nouns ending in '''-Cre-''' can also have their final '''-e''' elided and be followed with the enclitic form.
* When introducing a predicate ending in a consonant, the enclitic form {{wordlink|-at|jump=Radestrian}} can be used. Nouns ending in '''-Cre-''' can also have their final '''-e''' elided and be followed with the enclitic form.
* If the predicate is an adform, the adverb is used for stative predicates, whereas the adjective gives inalienable qualities.
* If the predicate is an adform, the adverb is used for stative predicates, whereas the adjective gives inalienable qualities.