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The basic Aymara verb phrase consists of a verb
with one or more complements or relationals. In the above
example, latinu.t anu.mp parl.ir is a nominalized verb
phrase, consisting of the verb parla- "speak' with
-ta and -mpi relationals, nominalized with -iri ‘actor'
(see 7-4.21.1).

The following examples are of verb phrases nomi-

nalized with the suffix -fia (also see 7-4.21.2):

ch'ug® apa.iia ‘to bring potatoes' (zero complement)
jum@ irpa.fia ‘to bring you' (zero complement)
juma.r chura.fia ‘to give to you' (-ru complement )
Lapasa.r sara.fa ‘to go to La Paz’ (-ru relational )
naya.t may.t'a.fia ‘to borrow from me' (-ta complement)
awtu.t apa.fia ‘to take by car' (-ta relational)
uma.mp wayu.ni.waya.fia ‘to bring water' (-mpi relational)
juma.taki chura.rapi.fia ‘to give on your (-taki complement)
, — behalf’

Lapasa.n ut.ja.fia ‘to live in La Paz' (-na relational)

Nominalization is one kind of subordination in Aymara. An
inflected verb may not be nominalized, but a nominalized

verb may be reverbalized and then inflected. Nominalized