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== Basic Sentence Structure ==

The structure of a simple declarative sentence (a statement rather than a question) is:

(SUBJECT) (FINITE VERB)  [(NON-FINITE VERBS)] [(OBJECT AND MODIFIERS)]

The ''finite'' verb is the verb component which takes the personal ending.  The ''non-finite'' verbs are other verbs (participles and infinitives) which convey meaning.

The ''object'' is the person or thing on which the verb acts. ''Modifiers'' are things like adverbs or prepositional phrases saying when, where, how, why, or for whom the action happened.

A particular sentence may not have any non-finite verbs, or any objects or modifiers; it could be as simple as '''Schann ðenket''' ("Shawn thinks").

== Compound Verbs ==

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In addition to the tense auxiliaries, there are specialized verbs known as ''modal'' verbs which specify the modality of the main verb: do you ''want'' to do the thing?  ''Must'' you do the thing? ''Can'' you?

Additionally, there are verbs which can stand alone, or can be linked with other main verbs to give a more complex meaning.  In English, these are called ''catenative'' verbs.  An example would be ''I '''tried to help''' them.''  Another would be ''I '''plan to go''' to the concert.''

And you could combine modals, the perfect tenses, the passive voice, and catenative verbs to create some very complicated ideas: ''They had been allowed to try to help him.  They had not been able to plan to leave before Wednesday.''

A challenge is to determine the correct order in which to state the non-finite verbs in a sentence.  The way to think through the order is to start with the finite verb and ask questions, one by one:

"They ''had.''" Had ''what?''<br>
"Had ''been allowed.''" Had been allowed ''what?''<br>
"Had been allowed ''to try.''" Had been allowed to try ''what?''<br>
"Had been allowed to try ''to help.''"

Once you have worked out this order, you can put the non-finite verbs after the finite verb in that order.

'''Eng hadant gedurfet proben helfen erm.''' "They had been allowed to try to help him."

== Negatives ==

The negator '''nac''', when negating the verb, should go before the verb chain: '''Eng nac hadant gedurfet proben helfen erm.''' "They had not been allowed to try to help him."

When negating an adjective or adverb, it should precede that word. '''Der vir ist nac ben. Der pådd ist nac gross.''' "The man is not well.  The house is not large."

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