(iv) -t-Verb phrase may have an adverb or a noun optionally.   ni:yu    ka:lupuikinje   1                2       ‘You    bow’   1       2       moati    ugera.yicu    uau      1              2               3       ‘The    girl    is    tall’            1     2      3     (v) +Verb phrase with adverb can take optionally an intensifier.   moati    tumba    ugera:yicu    uau       ‘The    girl    is    too    tall’           1      4     2        3     (vi) +Verb phrase (Modal) does not take the person gender number markers.   avangu    ira:u    moe    bo:u    1              2           3           4       ‘He    wants    two    eggs’  1        4         2        3

Complex finite verb phrases

Three types of complex verb phrases of the following are found.

(i) +Verb+auxiliary (ii) +Verb+modal (iii) +Verb+auxiliary+modal