Editing Marquesan language (section)

=== Noun and verb phrases ===
Verbal particles are placed before the verb they modify.<ref>Margaret Mutu & Ben Teìkitutoua (2002), p. 38</ref>

{| class="wikitable" 
|+ Verbal Phrase<ref name="Margaret Mutu 2002 p. 40">Margaret Mutu & Ben Teìkitutoua (2002), p. 40</ref>
!colspan=2| Verbal Particles
!example
!example in a sentence
|-
| past || {{Lang|mrq|i}}|| {{Lang|mrq|i ui}} (asked) || {{Lang|mrq|te mehai i iu}} (the youth asked)
|-
| present || {{Lang|mrq|te...nei}}|| {{Lang|mrq|te maakau nei}} (think) || {{Lang|mrq|te maakau nei au i tuu kui}} (I think of my mother)
|-
| perfective || {{Lang|mrq|u/ua}} || {{Lang|mrq|u hanau}} (was born) || {{Lang|mrq|u hanau au i Hakehatau}} (I was born at Hakehatau)
|-
| imperfective || {{Lang|mrq|e}} || {{Lang|mrq|e hee}} (going) || {{Lang|mrq|e hee koe i hea}} (where are you going?)
|-
| inceptive || {{Lang|mrq|atahi a}} || {{Lang|mrq|atahi a kai}} (then they eat) || {{Lang|mrq|iu pao taia, atahi a kai}} (...when finish that, then do they eat)
|-
| imperative || {{Lang|mrq|a}} || {{Lang|mrq|a hee!}} (go!) || {{Lang|mrq|a hee io te tante}} (go to the doctor!)
|}

A noun phrase in Marquesan is any phrase beginning with either a case marker or a determiner. Case markers or prepositions always precede the determiners, which in turn precede the number markers. As such, they all precede the noun they modify.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Ùa Pou: Aspects of a Marquesan dialect|last=Mutu & Teìkitutoua|year=2002|pages=72}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+Nominal Phrase Markers<ref name=":0" />
!colspan=2| Articles
!colspan=2| Demonstratives
!colspan=2| Other
|-
| definite singular || {{Lang|mrq|te/t-}} || this || {{Lang|mrq|tenei}} || a certain || {{Lang|mrq|titahi}} 
|-
| indefinite || {{Lang|mrq|e/he}} || that || {{Lang|mrq|tena}} || other || {{Lang|mrq|tahipito}}
|-
| dual/paucal definite || {{Lang|mrq|na}} || that || {{Lang|mrq|tea}}
|-
| anaphoric || {{Lang|mrq|hua}} 
|}

{| class="wikitable"
!Nominal Number Markers<ref name="Margaret Mutu 2002 p. 40"/>
!colspan=2| Number Markers
|-
|dual || {{Lang|mrq|mou}}
|- 
|dual/paucal || {{Lang|mrq|mau}}
|- 
|plural || {{Lang|mrq|tau}}
|}

There are 11 personal pronouns which are distinguished by singular, dual, and plural. As well as that, there are two other personal pronouns which distinguish possession.{{sfn|Cablitz|2006}}{{rp|100}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Pronouns{{sfn|Cablitz|2006}}{{rp|101}}
!colspan=2|
! Singular
! Dual/Paucal
! Plural
! Possession
|-
!rowspan=2| 1st<br />person
! [[Clusivity|exclusive]]
|rowspan=2| {{Lang|mrq|au/-ʻu}}
| {{Lang|mrq|maua}}
| {{Lang|mrq|matou}}
|rowspan=2| {{Lang|mrq|tuʻu}}
|-
! [[Clusivity|inclusive]]
| {{Lang|mrq|taua}}
| {{Lang|mrq|tatou}}
|-
!colspan=2| 2nd person
| {{Lang|mrq|koe}}
| {{Lang|mrq|koʻua}}
| {{Lang|mrq|kotou}}
| {{Lang|mrq|to}}
|-
!colspan=2| 3rd person
| {{Lang|mrq|ia}}
| {{Lang|mrq|ʻaua}}
| {{Lang|mrq|ʻatou}}
|}
Complex sentences use verbal nouns in subordinate clauses.

{{interlinear|number=ex:
|Te hakaiki kei mei Hanaiapa te ono-tina te hakaiki momo mei{{which lang|date=July 2020}}
|DEF chief big from Hanaiapa DEF hear-devb def chief lesser from
|}}

:''Hanaiapa, o Tua-i-kaie, ua noho me te vehine pootu oko''<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Krupa |first=Viktor |date=2005 |title=Syntax of Verbal Nouns in Marquesan |journal=Oceanic Linguistics |volume=44 |issue=2 |pages=505–516 |doi=10.1353/ol.2005.0038 |jstor=3623350 |s2cid=145204950 }}</ref>