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 ====== Infinitive ====== ====== Infinitive ======
 **//Infinitive//** is the //nonfinite// form of [[grammar_verb|verb]], which means that it doesn't require subject or object (but may have).  **//Infinitive//** is the //nonfinite// form of [[grammar_verb|verb]], which means that it doesn't require subject or object (but may have). 
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   * "Orc was glad to have killed elves before" => "Ash uruk kuz glaz dog__ut__ûk golug dok"; but for better clarity it's better render the phrase as "Orc was glad that he killed elves before" => "Ash uruk kuz glaz zamash tadoguz golug dok";   * "Orc was glad to have killed elves before" => "Ash uruk kuz glaz dog__ut__ûk golug dok"; but for better clarity it's better render the phrase as "Orc was glad that he killed elves before" => "Ash uruk kuz glaz zamash tadoguz golug dok";
   * "I expect this job to be done tomorrow" => "Dadarb za bul kulâ krampat ârshab" (Nûrlâm uses gerundive instead of infinitive to show passive meaning)   * "I expect this job to be done tomorrow" => "Dadarb za bul kulâ krampat ârshab" (Nûrlâm uses gerundive instead of infinitive to show passive meaning)
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 The role of infinitives in the sentence are restricted to: The role of infinitives in the sentence are restricted to:
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   * [[syntax_object|Object]]: "To live is __to die__" = "Kîbut kulâ __matut__";   * [[syntax_object|Object]]: "To live is __to die__" = "Kîbut kulâ __matut__";
  
-Infinitive is rarely used in Nûrlâm as modifier, adverbial and after verb "to be", as the [[grammar_gerundive|Gerundive]] should be used instead (as in [[ring-verse|Ring Inscription]]). Infinitive in Nûrlâm may replace English gerund (despite the term "gerundive" seeming similar). Infinitive can take other words to form a non-finite clause. Pronominal objective suffixes can be attached to infinitives, the same way as to gerundives in Ring Inscription (e.g. //krimputul// = to bind them).+Infinitive is rarely used in Nûrlâm as modifier, adverbial and after verb "to be", as the [[grammar_gerundive|Gerundive]] should be used instead (as in [[ring-verse|Ring Inscription]]). Infinitive in Nûrlâm may replace English gerund (despite the term "gerundive" seeming similar). Infinitive can take other words to form a non-finite clause. Pronominal objective suffixes can be attached to infinitives, the same way as to gerundives in Ring Inscription (e.g. //krimputul// = to bind them). When used as object, infinitive may be joined by the postposition; in that case, it is written separately after the infinitive.
  
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