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==== Usage notes ==== | ==== Usage notes ==== | ||
* When introducing a predicate ending in a consonant, the | * As a predicating verb, it is a phonological enclitic, regardless of spelling. This means that ''vancí vagú'' (“they are ill”), although primarily stressed as two separate words, constitutes one phonological word, i.e. {{rad-IPA|vancí-vagú|format|nolarge}}, not *{{rad-IPA|vancívagú|format|nolarge}}). This means that it acquires secondary stress on the final syllable {{tipa|[ˈvantsiːvaˌɡuː]}} for most speakers. Compare {{m|rad|vagú}} on its own in non-predicating contexts, which is stressed as {{rad-IPA|vagú|format|nolarge}}. | ||
* When introducing a predicate ending in a consonant, the form {{m|rad|-at}} can be used. | |||
* The verb {{m|rad|vat}} does not have a connegative form. | * The verb {{m|rad|vat}} does not have a connegative form. | ||
** For negations of {{m|rad|vat}} in all senses, the verb {{m|rad|hjeat}} is used. | ** For negations of {{m|rad|vat}} in all senses, the verb {{m|rad|hjeat}} is used. | ||