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===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||
Finite verbs are marked for TAM, degree (positive, | Finite verbs are marked for TAM, degree (positive, comparative), voice (active and mediopassive), the subject's person, number, and gender and, if the direct object is definite, is obligatorily marked with the (usually direct) object's person, number, and gender in most TAMs, except in the imperative. The verb may agree with an indirect object (which is typically animate) instead of with the direct object. Object agreement is often omitted in poetry. Verbs also have several non-finite forms, used with various subordinating conjunctions and relative clauses. | ||
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====Applicative==== | ====Applicative==== | ||
The applicative suffix, placed after the masculine singular imperative, is ''-t(e)n''. | The applicative suffix, placed after the masculine singular imperative, is ''-t(e)n''. | ||
====Comparative==== | |||
The comparative is marked by an unusual type of reduplication; it is underlyingly a prefix consisting of last consonant of root + ''e'' + first consonant of root. This reduplicant is prefixed before the root and any TAM affixes. | |||
===Prepositions=== | ===Prepositions=== | ||