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====Pseudo-nouns====
====Pseudo-nouns====


When constructs, pseudo-nouns (non-finite verbs) lose their triptote inflection, while still behaving as verbs.
When constructs, non-finite verbs lose their triptote inflection, attracting verbal enclitics to themselves while behaving as nouns.


{{interlinear|lang=fi|number=(1)
{{interlinear|lang=fi|number=(1)
|top= סכת אול
|top= סכתת אול
|סכת אול  
|סכתת אול  
|skt ’vl
|sktt ’vl
|ísitu ’ûvil
|úsitu-t ’ûvil
|philosophy.{{gcl|AGER|active gerund}}.{{gcl|NOM|nominative case}} person.{{gcl|DT|definite determiner}}.{{gcl|CONS|construct state}}
|philosophy.{{gcl|ACT}}.{{gcl|INF}}.{{gcl|NOM}}-want personanimate>human.{{gcl|DEF}}.{{gcl|CNS}}
|"The person being thinking" (<small>ABSOLUTE CONSTRUCTION</small>)
|"The person wanting to think" (<small>ABSOLUTE CONSTRUCTION</small>)
}}
}}


{{interlinear|lang=fi|number=(2)
{{interlinear|lang=fi|number=(2)
|top= סכת ר אול
|top= סכתת ר אול
|סכת ר אול
|סכתת ר אול
|skt r ’vl
|sktt r ’vl
|ísit aru ’ûl
|úsit-at aru ’ûl
|philosophy.{{gcl|AGER|active gerund}}.{{gcl|CONS|construct state}} a.{{gcl|OBL|oblique case}} person
|philosophy.{{gcl|ACT}}.{{gcl|INF}}.{{gcl|CNS}}-want a.{{gcl|OBL}} person>animate>human
|"Thinking is a person" (<small>COPULATIVE CONSTRUCTION</small>)
|"Wanting to think is a person" (<small>COPULATIVE CONSTRUCTION</small>)
}}
}}


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the î- alternates between gerund and active present participle




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''íbūl iri saíkat'' "the philosopher's reading""
''íbūl iri saíkat'' "the philosopher's reading""


úgūla na-t "I want to eat" (*nā úgul-at)
 
 
''úgūla-t siktí'' "the philosopher wants to eat"
 
''úgūla na-t'' "I want to eat" (*nā úgul-at)
 
 
neither *saíkat ira úbūl nor *úbūl ira siktí, but úbūla siktí-ka "the philosopher can read"
neither *saíkat ira úbūl nor *úbūl ira siktí, but úbūla siktí-ka "the philosopher can read"