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=== Verb ===
=== Verb ===
'''vat'''
'''vat'''
# ([[wikt:copular_verb|''copulative'']]) to [[wikt:be#English|be]]
# ([[wikt:copular_verb|''copulative'']]) to {{eng|be}}
# ([[wikt:Appendix:Glossary#intransitive|''intransitive'']]) to [[wikt:exist#English|exist]], [[wikt:there_be#English|there to be]]
{{defex|Vâs voí asmeșír'''-aș'''!|He'''’s''' just a boy!}}
# ([[wikt:Appendix:Glossary#intransitive|''intransitive'']]) to [[wikt:be#English|be]] (in a place, at a time)
# ([[wikt:copular_verb|''copulative'']]) ''used with adjectival predicates to describe characteristics of the subject''
# ([[wikt:Appendix:Glossary#auxiliary|''auxiliary'']]) to [[wikt:be#English|be]] (used to form the continuous aspect with the present adverbial participle)
{{defex|Ú þyriș-'''age'''.|I '''am''' German.}}
# ([[wikt:Appendix:Glossary#auxiliary|''auxiliary'']]) to [[wikt:have#English|have]] (used to form the perfective aspect with the past adverbial participle)
# ([[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.
* If the predicate is an adform, the adverb is used for stative predicates, whereas the adjective gives inalienable qualities.
* 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.

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