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 :: ግዙጘጘ ''gïzúng<b>äng</b>ä'' "to cook a large amount", ግዙጘጜ ''gïzúng<b>äng</b>e'' "to have cooked a large amount".
-'''Intensive''' is formed by reduplicating the final syllable of the root (minus the onset) and shifting the accent one syllable forward. If the root ends in a geminate consonant, it loses its gemination in the base root. The intensive indicates that an action is performed repeatedly and/or intensively. The intensive and extensive are very similar in meaning and are often more or less interchangeable.
+'''Intensive''' is formed by reduplication (-V́C(C)- → -VCV́C(C)-; -CV́ → -CVCV́).<!--ng the final syllable of the root (minus the onset) and shifting the accent one syllable forward. If the root ends in a geminate consonant, it loses its gemination in the base root. If it ends in a vowel, the--> The intensive indicates that an action is performed repeatedly and/or intensively. The intensive and extensive are very similar in meaning and are often more or less interchangeable.
 :e.g. ጔደደ ''gwed<b>édd</b>ä'' "to walk all over the place", ጔደዴ ''gwed<b>édd</b>e'' "to have walked all over the place".
 :: ግዙጙጘ ''gïzung<b>úng</b>ä'' "to cook intensively/repeatedly", ግዙጙⶕ ''gïzung<b>úng</b>e'' "to have cooked intensively/repeatedly".
-'''Middle''' is formed with the suffix ''-(ï)g-''. It has various uses including: forming the anticausative of lexically causative verbs (e.g. ግዙጘ ''gïzúngä'' "to cook (trns.)" → ዪዙጝገ ''yizúng<b>g</b>ä'' "it cooks (intr.)"); forming de-agentivized passives (e.g. ግኝለ ''gï̀nglä'' "to sell" → ዪጝልጌ ''yingï̀lge'' "it was sold"); and forming potentials (e.g. ግሌ ''gïlé'' "to eat" → ዪሌገ ''yilégä'' "it is edible"; ግላለ ''gïlálä'' "to sleep" → ዪላልገ ''yilálgä'' "it can be slept on").
+'''Middle''' is formed with the suffix ''-(ï)q-''. It has various uses including: forming the anticausative of lexically causative verbs (e.g. ግዙጘ ''gïzúngä'' "to cook (trns.)" → ዪዙጝቀ ''yizúng<b>q</b>ä'' "it cooks (intr.)"); forming de-agentivized passives (e.g. ግኝለ ''gï̀nglä'' "to sell" → ዪጝልቄ ''yingï̀lqe'' "it was sold"); and forming potentials (e.g. ግሌ ''gïlé'' "to eat" → ዪሌቀ ''yiléqä'' "it is edible"; ግላለ ''gïlálä'' "to sleep" → ዪላልቀ ''yilálqä'' "it can be slept on").
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 :e.g. ግዙጝገ ''gïzúng<b>g</b>ä'' "to cook (intr.)", ግዙጝጌ ''gïzúng<b>g</b>e'' "to have cooked (intr.)".-->