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Verb Examples
Active - Example of active voice where the wolf is in ergative case and the speaker is in accusative case. Notice how the verbs VAT vowel is conjugated according to the object/Patient and not the subject.
fššedyss tsümj ǧlovëssw
fššed-yss tsümj ǧlov-ëssw
wolf-erg.s.indf 1s.acc bite-1.aff.ind.act.pst.prf
A wolf bit me
Anti-Passive - Anti-passive voice, notice how the VAT vowel conjugates into a negative sense and only goes with the subject but also that it can take on a general or undefined meaning.
fššedy ǧlovets
fššed-y ǧlov-ets
wolf-int.s.indf bite-1.neg.ind.antip.prs.cont
A wolf is not biting
wolves don't bite
Passive - Passive voice, notice positive VAT and subject agreement
tswë ǧlovukwš
tswë ǧlov-ukwš
1s.int bite-1.aff.ind.pas.past/prs.term
I stopped being bitten
I am stopping being bitten