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====Lexical aspect==== | |||
While aspect is primarily expressed through verb conjugation (like Romance languages and unlike Balto-Slavic languages), there is a tendency towards certain verbs having lexical aspect. These verbs generally also have causative counterparts. | |||
Some examples of imperfective-perfective-causative counterparts are given below. Note that the counterparts are not necessarily 100% synonymous besides aspect, and they may have alternative meanings that are not shared. | |||
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|+ Imperfective/perfective/causative sets | |||
! Imperfective !! Perfective !! Meaning !! Causative !! Remarks | |||
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| ''sų, jessere, fuvī, fūtų'' || ''fiō, fīre, fīvī, fītų'' || to be || ''facō, facere, fēcī, fattų'' || | |||
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| ''stō, stāre, stetī, stātų'' || ''surhō, suržere, sūršī, sūrtų'' || to stand || ''sistō, sistere, sistuvī, sistūtų'' | |||
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| ''sedzō, sedēre, sēdī, sessų'' || ''sīdō, sīdere, sīdī, sīsų'' || to sit || || | |||
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| ''jačo, jačēre, jakuvī, jakūtų'' || '' '' || to lie || '' '' | |||
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==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
===Constituent order=== | ===Constituent order=== | ||