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--- lore:commonthroat [2026/04/11 09:18] – [Modal Particles] lurker
+++ lore:commonthroat [2026/04/11 09:26] (current) – [The Superfective Aspect] lurker
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 This sentence sounds better to native speakers.
-=== Verb Serialization and Coverbs ===
+== Verb Serialization and Coverbs ==
 Commonthroat verbs have no infinitive form. Instead, you serialize verbs to indicate things like the purpose or result of a verb of motion, as well as to indicate aspect.
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 Why am I making a big deal about these aspects? They just seem like regular serial verb constructions. Well, some verbs have different meanings depending on their aspect.
-rn I know becomes sg rn I find out and fb rn I forget.
+''rn'' I know becomes ''sg rn'' I find out and ''fb rn'' I forget.
-Important note: sg specifically means to start a task or start doing something. If you want to say start in the sense of turn on, that’s rMNq ignite. Similarly, to say you turned something off, that’s qNMr extinguish.
+Important note: ''sg'' specifically means //start a task// or //start doing something//. If you want to say start in the sense of //turn on//, that’s ''rMNq'' //ignite//. Similarly, to say you turned something off, that’s ''qNMr'' //extinguish//.
-fCq /early falling strong whine, huff/ means have or possess. sg fCq means begin to have, find or come across. fb fCq stop having means to lose or relinquish.
+''fCq'' /early falling strong whine, huff/ means //have// or //possess//. ''sg fCq'' means //begin to have//, //find// or //come across//. ''fb fCq'' //stop having// means //lose// or //relinquish//.
 These aspects are well-established across dialects, but other looser constructions exist as well.