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=== Verb === | === Verb === | ||
'''vat''' | '''vat''' | ||
# ([[wikt:copular_verb|''copulative'']]) to [[wikt: | # ([[wikt:copular_verb|''copulative'']]) to {{eng|be}} | ||
# ([[wikt:Appendix:Glossary#intransitive|''intransitive'']]) to | {{defex|Vâs voí asmeșír'''-aș'''!|He'''’s''' just a boy!}} | ||
# ([[wikt:Appendix:Glossary#intransitive|''intransitive'']]) to | # ([[wikt:copular_verb|''copulative'']]) ''used with adjectival predicates to describe characteristics of the subject'' | ||
# ([[wikt:Appendix:Glossary#auxiliary|''auxiliary'']]) to | {{defex|Ú þyriș-'''age'''.|I '''am''' German.}} | ||
# ([[wikt:Appendix:Glossary#auxiliary|''auxiliary'']]) to | # ([[wikt:copular_verb|''copulative'']]) ''used with adverbial predicates to describe states of the subject'' | ||
{{defex|Ú ỉ '''vage'''.|I '''am''' hot. / I '''feel''' hot.}} | |||
# ([[wikt:Appendix:Glossary#intransitive|''intransitive'']]) to {{eng|exist}}, {{eng|there_be|there to be}} | |||
{{defex|'''Vagú''' þrandre la virș dziun.|'''There are''' animals in my house!}} | |||
# ([[wikt:Appendix:Glossary#intransitive|''intransitive'']]) to {{eng|be}} (in a place, at a time) | |||
{{defex|Haldzỉr teral-'''aș'''.|The architect '''is''' here.}} | |||
# ([[wikt:Appendix:Glossary#auxiliary|''auxiliary'']]) to {{eng|be}} (used to form the continuous aspect with the present adverbial participle) | |||
# ([[wikt:Appendix:Glossary#auxiliary|''auxiliary'']]) to {{eng|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|jump=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. | ||
* In the sense of [[wikt:there_be|''there to be'']], '''vat''' is only used in affirmative sentences. In negative sentences, {{wordlink|hjeat|jump=Radestrian}} is used. | * In the sense of [[wikt:there_be|''there to be'']], '''vat''' is only used in affirmative sentences. In negative sentences, {{wordlink|hjeat|jump=Radestrian}} is used. | ||
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Alternative conjugation: | Alternative conjugation: | ||
{{rad-conj-act|vat|vage|vag|vaș|vag|rnoș|rnasti|rnat|rnatunș|r=var|imp=vagra}} | {{rad-conj-act|vat|vage|vag|vaș|vag|rnoș|rnasti|rnat|rnatunș|r=var|imp=vagra}} | ||
* The verbal noun {{wordlink|hvunș|jump=Radestrian}} tends to refer to identities, whereas {{wordlink|rnatunș|jump=Radestrian}} refers to states. | |||
* Past forms in ''hâl-'' are the most common; past forms in ''rnoș-'' are used mainly to imply a contrast between the past and the present. | |||