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''asak āqfúl-un'' "I spoke with him"
''asak āqfúl-un'' "I spoke with him"
''masak āqfúl-un'' "whom I spoke with"
''masak āqfúl-un'' "whom I spoke with"




*active voice: ergative if subject (construct); accusative if object (absolute)
*active voice: ergative if subject (construct); accusative if object (absolute)


: sā agulá / asa agulá-su
: sā agulá / asa agulá-su "he eats it"


*passive voice: accusative if subject (construct); ergative if object (absolute)
*passive voice: accusative if subject (construct); ergative if object (absolute)


: asa gafál  / sā gafál-us
: asa gafál  / sā gafál-us "he is eaten"
 
*causative voice: dative if causer-subject (construct); genitive if object (absolute)
 
: asi gualá / sia gualá-su "he makes X eat him"
 
*obligative voice: genitive if causee-subject (construct); dative if object (absolute)
 
: sia agáfl  / asi gafál-us "he is made to eat"
 
*medio-passive voice: nominative if subejct (construct)
 
: asu gaflá / sua gaflá-su "he eats"
 
*experimental voice: oblique if subject (construct)
 
: sua aguál / asu aguál-us "he finds himself eating"
 
 
the man makes
 
 
asu sia gualá-su "he made him eat it" vs
 


*causative voice: ergative if subject (construct); accusative if object (absolute)
asu sia saíkat iri gualá "the philospher makes him eat it


*obligative voice: accusative if subject (construct); ergative if object (absolute)


A- > A-A -A




sā gualá-s ... "he made him eat it" vs
ira saíkat ... guīlá
sās guīlá "he forced himself to eat it"
sās guīlá "he forced himself to eat it"


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