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The position of the infinitival verb in the IPI-construction
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Like the imperative, the infinitival verb of the Imperativus-pro-Infinitivo (IPI) must be positioned at the very beginning of the clause.

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The bare infinitival verb of the IPI-construction occurs at the very beginning of the infinitival clause, immediately after the complementiser, as in (1):

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a. Soe ik sa'n moddersteechje ynslaan en jou my derby?
would I such.a mud.alley in.turn and give me R.with
Should I go into such a muddy alley and join them?
b. Om't God sa goed west hat en jou ús dy tsjinst
because God so good been has and give us that service
Because God has been so good as to give us that service

No element can intervene between the complementiser en and the Bare Infinitival (BI) verb jou:

2
*Om't God sa goed west hat en ús jou dy tsjinst
because God so good been has and us give.BI that service
Because God has been so good as to give us that service

In this respect, what has been called a complementiser is similar to the infinitival marker te to. The infinitival marker te to is always left-adjacent to the infinitival verb, as illustrated below:

3
a. Om't God sa goed west hat om ús dy tsjinst te jaan
because God so good been has for us that service to give.GI
Because God has been so good as to give us that service
b. *Om't God sa goed west hat om ús te dy tsjinst jaan
because God so good been has for us to that service give.GI
Because God has been so good as to give us that service

In this respect, the infinitival marker is similar to the complementiser en and, but this might be an accidental similarity. The two differ with respect to their positioning inside the infinitival clause. The bare infinitive occurs at the beginning of the infinitival, whereas the to-infinitive occurs at the end of the clause, or, more precisely, at the end of the middle field.

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