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 The sentence, clause or verb are called **//impersonal//** when the [[syntax_subject|subject]] or [[syntax_agent|agent]] of action is absent. [[proform#indefinite_pro-forms_and_quantifiers|Indefinite pronoun]] and omitted "you" in imperatives are not considered as absent subject. In English subject of such expressions must be specified by dummy pronoun "it" (or less often "one": "One does not simply walk into Mordor"), but in [[Nûrlâm]] it is not necessary, or even ungrammatical. Impersonal sentences may have [[syntax_object|objects]] or [[syntax_patient|patients]]. Typical situations when impersonal clauses are used include: The sentence, clause or verb are called **//impersonal//** when the [[syntax_subject|subject]] or [[syntax_agent|agent]] of action is absent. [[proform#indefinite_pro-forms_and_quantifiers|Indefinite pronoun]] and omitted "you" in imperatives are not considered as absent subject. In English subject of such expressions must be specified by dummy pronoun "it" (or less often "one": "One does not simply walk into Mordor"), but in [[Nûrlâm]] it is not necessary, or even ungrammatical. Impersonal sentences may have [[syntax_object|objects]] or [[syntax_patient|patients]]. Typical situations when impersonal clauses are used include:
-  * Action is being done by force of nature or supernatural being: "He was blown away" => "Frîbuzâtan (bo)"((blow-PST-3SG=3SG.OBJ off));+  * Action is being done by force of nature or supernatural being: "He was blown away" => "Thûthuzâtan (bo)"((blow-PST-3SG=3SG.OBJ off));
   * Verb expresses the state of being (or it's transformation) of person or animal: "I feel cold" = "It's cold for me" => "Grazarz dazûr"((cold.ADV I.DAT)), compare with personal "I'm cold" => "Dakul graz" = "I'm (always) cold (to the touch of others)"   * Verb expresses the state of being (or it's transformation) of person or animal: "I feel cold" = "It's cold for me" => "Grazarz dazûr"((cold.ADV I.DAT)), compare with personal "I'm cold" => "Dakul graz" = "I'm (always) cold (to the touch of others)"
   * Verb expresses the state of weather ("to be" = "kul" may be omitted in present tense): "It's sunny" => "Dîlarz"; "It's getting darker" => "Thôlâ bûrzarzar";   * Verb expresses the state of weather ("to be" = "kul" may be omitted in present tense): "It's sunny" => "Dîlarz"; "It's getting darker" => "Thôlâ bûrzarzar";
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