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 '''Causative''' is formed with the suffix ''-ishä'' in the present and ''-ishe'' in the perfect (the ''-i-'' is dropped. This suffix spirantizes and palatalizes preceding consonants wherever applicable; however, loanwords may not be affected - e.g. ጔዚሸ ''gwezzishä'' "to cause to walk", ጔዚሼ ''gwezzishe'' "to have caused to walk".
-'''Applicative''' is formed with the suffix ''-ilä'' in the present and ''-ile'' in the perfect. This suffix palatalizes preceding consonants wherever applicable; again, loanwords may not be affected - e.g. ጔዲለ ''gweddilä'' "to walk to", ጔዲሌ ''gweddile'' "to have walked to".
+'''Applicative''' is formed with the suffix ''-(ï)lä'' in the present and ''-(ï)le'' in the perfect. This suffix causes velar/guttural consonants to be palatalized; again, loanwords may not be affected - e.g. ጔድለ ''gweddïlä'' "to walk to", ጔድሌ ''gweddïle'' "to have walked to".
+Suffixes can be stacked in the order applicative-causative-passive. Only the final suffix changes in the perfect.
+:e.g. ጔድዚሿ''gweddïzishwa'' "to be made to walk to", ጔድዚሹሌ ''gweddïzishule'' "to have been made to walk to"
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