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The mediopassive voice is used in passive or reflexive meaning, and also in impersonal sentences. | The mediopassive voice is used in passive or reflexive meaning, and also in impersonal sentences. | ||
====Applicative voice==== | ====Applicative voice==== | ||
The applicative voice promotes an indirect or oblique object of the verb to the direct object. It is marked with a mandatory suffix ''-t(e) | The applicative voice promotes an indirect or oblique object of the verb to the direct object. It is marked with a mandatory suffix ''-t(e)n'' before the personal affix and with an optional prefix. Here the applicative prefix ''ša-'' has been used for the locative object, ''rán-'' for the and ''lua-'' indicates that the object is comitative. | ||
====Participles==== | ====Participles==== | ||
The active participle is formed by adding the infix <''an''> and removing final vowels from the 3rd person masculine, and the passive static participle with the infix <''ir''> added to the bare stem. | The active participle is formed by adding the infix <''an''> and removing final vowels from the 3rd person masculine, and the passive static participle with the infix <''ir''> added to the bare stem. | ||
====Obviate==== | ====Obviate==== | ||
3/4SG.M>4SG.M denotes that the definite object is an obviate 3rd person, or 4th person. | 3/4SG.M>4SG.M denotes that the definite object is an obviate 3rd person, or 4th person. | ||