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Finite verbs are marked for TAM, mirativity, 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. | Finite verbs are marked for TAM, mirativity, 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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!−2!!−1!!0!!1!!2!!3!!/Downstep | !−3!!−2!!−1!!0!!1!!2!!3!!/Downstep | ||
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|Mood/Evidential/Mirative||Preterite prefix||'''STEM'''||Supplementary aspect||Supplementary voice||Voice-TAM-Subject-Object||Voice-TAM-Subject-Object | |Applicative prefix||Mood/Evidential/Mirative||Preterite prefix||'''STEM'''||Supplementary aspect||Supplementary voice||Voice-TAM-Subject-Object||Voice-TAM-Subject-Object | ||
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=====Supplementary voices===== | =====Supplementary voices===== | ||
The applicative suffix, placed after the masculine singular imperative, is ''-t(e)n''. The applicative promotes the oblique object of a verb to the direct object position, for example "fight (a war)" > "fight (someone)". The applicative is especially useful in the passive in constructing impersonal statements about an oblique object. | The applicative suffix, placed after the masculine singular imperative, is ''-t(e)n''. The applicative promotes the oblique object of a verb to the direct object position, for example "fight (a war)" > "fight (someone)". An optional applicative prefix may be used to qualify the relationship of the new object to the main verb (as instrument, location or goal). The applicative is especially useful in the passive in constructing impersonal statements about an oblique object. | ||
=====Supplementary moods===== | =====Supplementary moods===== | ||