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'''Applicative''' is formed with the suffix ''-(ï)lä'' in the present and ''-(ï)le'' in the perfect. This suffix causes velar/guttural consonants to be palatalized; again, loanwords may not be affected - e.g. ጔድለ ''gweddïlä'' "to walk to", ጔድሌ ''gweddïle'' "to have walked to". | '''Applicative''' is formed with the suffix ''-(ï)lä'' in the present and ''-(ï)le'' in the perfect. This suffix causes velar/guttural consonants to be palatalized; again, loanwords may not be affected - e.g. ጔድለ ''gweddïlä'' "to walk to", ጔድሌ ''gweddïle'' "to have walked to". | ||
Suffixes can be stacked in the order applicative-causative-passive. Only the final suffix changes in the perfect. | Suffixes can be stacked in the order '''applicative-causative-passive'''. Only the final suffix changes in the perfect. | ||
:e.g. ጔድዚሿ''gweddïzishwa'' "to be made to walk to", ጔድዚሹሌ ''gweddïzishule'' "to have been made to walk to" | :e.g. ጔድዚሿ ''gweddïzishwa'' "to be made to walk to", ጔድዚሹሌ ''gweddïzishule'' "to have been made to walk to" | ||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||