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Verbs often are the longest words in Rokadong, owing to the large numebr of agglutinative affixes that can be applied simultaneously. Often, nouns and adjectives can be formed from these affixes by removing the final {{rkdg|}} ''r(a)'' in the word. For example, {{rkdg|}} ''matar'' ("to scare"), like most emotion words in general, can be turned into {{rkdg|}} ''tenamata'' ("scary") and {{rkdg|}} ''anmata'' ("scared") using the causative and continuous aspect affixes respectively. | Verbs often are the longest words in Rokadong, owing to the large numebr of agglutinative affixes that can be applied simultaneously. Often, nouns and adjectives can be formed from these affixes by removing the final {{rkdg|}} ''r(a)'' in the word. For example, {{rkdg|}} ''matar'' ("to scare"), like most emotion words in general, can be turned into {{rkdg|}} ''tenamata'' ("scary") and {{rkdg|}} ''anmata'' ("scared") using the causative and continuous aspect affixes respectively. | ||
For verbs, reduplication does not pluralize the verb, but it does intensify the action the verb represents. In the extreme case, {{rkdg| | For verbs, reduplication does not pluralize the verb, but it does intensify the action the verb represents. In the extreme case, {{rkdg|3}} ''rulurukr'' ("to sprint, to move at top speed") is a reduplication of {{rkdg|2}} ''lurukr'' ("to run"), which is a reduplication of {{rkdg|}} ''rukr'' ("to walk"). | ||
===Syntax=== | ===Syntax=== | ||