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====Voice==== | ====Voice==== | ||
Indicated by prefixes attached to the verb stem (after person prefixes). Unlike person prefixes, these do cause the initial consonant to lenite. | Indicated by prefixes attached to the verb stem (after person prefixes). Unlike person prefixes, these do cause the initial consonant to lenite and lenite themselves when occurring after person prefixes (this only affects the passive). | ||
*Passive: ''-la-'' e.g. ''laǥaɓɓa'' "is thrown" | *Passive: ''-la-'' e.g. ''laǥaɓɓa'' "is thrown" | ||
**Indicates that the action is performed on the subject. The patient takes the nominative and the agent takes the instrumental. | **Indicates that the action is performed on the subject. The patient takes the nominative and the agent takes the instrumental. | ||