Tae Tae is a constituent negator used to negate anything other than a main clause. This can be subordinate clauses, prepositional phrases, possessive predicates and other non-verbal clauses. It also negates nominalised verbs and sub-constituents such as adjectives and quantifiers. It does not negate nouns (this is done by the noun negator kore). It is also used to negate locative phrases, actor emphasis constructions, and is also used to reinforce the preposition mai. Tae is an indicator for subordinate clauses, as it can also negate subordinate clauses without subordinate markers (in which case it usually occurs with an aspect marker). It also occurs in main clauses with main clause negators and aspect markers i and e, when the clause has a feature of a subordinate clause such as oblique constituents Noun negator: kore kore is a verb meaning 'the absence or lack of something'. It immediately follows the noun in the adjective position, and is used to indicate that the entity expressed by the noun or noun modifier does not exist or is lacking in the given context. Hia / ia Hia / ia is a morpheme used immediately after negated verbs and co-occurs with a negator to indicate actions or events which are interrupted or are yet to happen. Double negation In Rapa Nui, double negation is more frequent than single negation (with the negator ina often co-occurring with another clause negator most of the time). It is often used as a slight reinforcement or emphasis. Ina can be combined with negators kai and (e)ko- both of these are main clause negators. In the example above we see the negator ina co-occurring with the perfective negator kai. When tae occurs in double negation, if the other negator is kai or (e)ko, the negative polarity is cancelled out. Ina only negates main clauses so it never combines with the negator tae, which is a subordinate clause negator. When occurring with ina, negation may be reinforced. Double negation occurs very frequently in imperatives in particular. Numerals There is a system for the numerals 1–10 in both Rapa Nui and Tahitian, both of which are used, though all numbers higher than ten are expressed in Tahitian. When counting, all numerals whether Tahitian or Rapanui are preceded by ka. This is not used however, when using a number in a sentence. Syntax Word order Rapa Nui is a VSO (verb–subject–object) language. Except where