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====Voice==== | ====Voice==== | ||
Native verbs normally end in ''-ä'' | Native verbs normally end in ''-ä'', which is dropped upon the addition of suffixes. Verbs ending in other vowels add suffixes after their final vowel (with appropriate sandhi effects). | ||
'''Passive''' is formed with the suffix ''-wa'' in the present and ''-ule'' in the perfect - e.g. *ጔዷ ''gweddwa'' "to be walked", *ጔዱሌ ''gweddule'' "to have been walked" (doesn't make sense, but you get the idea). | '''Passive''' is formed with the suffix ''-wa'' in the present and ''-ule'' in the perfect - e.g. *ጔዷ ''gweddwa'' "to be walked", *ጔዱሌ ''gweddule'' "to have been walked" (doesn't make sense, but you get the idea). | ||