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- | <WRAP center round important 60%>< | + | **// |
+ | * [[grammar_noun|Noun]] or [[pronouns|pronoun]] (optionally with [[syntax_determiner|determiner]]): | ||
+ | * [[grammar_infinitive|Infinitive]] (optionally with dependent words, counted as 3rd person singular): "To live peacefully is human' | ||
+ | * Dependent sentence or clause: "__Who awakes early__ gets all the loot" => " | ||
+ | * may be absent but implied (e.g. in imperative clauses like " | ||
- | **// | + | It may be hard to distinguish subject from other parts of sentence |
- | * [[grammar_noun|Noun]] or [[pronouns|pronoun]] (optionally | + | |
- | * [[grammar_gerundive|Gerundive]] or [[grammar_infinitive|Infinitive]] (optionally with dependent words); | + | If the subject |
- | * Dependent sentence or clause; | + | |
- | * may be absent but implied (e.g. in imperative clauses like "Do your job!") | + | <WRAP center round todo 60%> |
- | <WRAP center round important | + | < |
- | + | </ | |
- | It may be hard to distinguish subject from other parts of sentence in following cases: | + | |
- | * Sentence with [[syntax_ergative|ergative]] structure; | + | |
- | * when subject is an [[clitics|enclitic]] pronoun becoming a suffix of person (" | + |