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* ''Fows tanr [nexú] jax Marijr amž?'' = Is it you who married Maria yesterday? | * ''Fows tanr [nexú] jax Marijr amž?'' = Is it you who married Maria yesterday? | ||
Finite forms of ''kaht'' 'to take' can be used as an auxiliary meaning 'to go ahead and VERB/to take the liberty to VERB/take the initiative to VERB'. Cubrite-influenced English dialects use ''take'' in a similar way: ''I took to buy spare parts myself, because my department wouldn't give me any.' | Finite forms of ''kaht'' 'to take' can be used as an auxiliary meaning 'to go ahead and VERB/to take the liberty to VERB/take the initiative to VERB'. Cubrite-influenced English dialects use ''take'' in a similar way: ''I took to buy spare parts myself, because my department wouldn't give me any.'' | ||
To express the passive in the non-perfective tenses, the VN form ''(lø)bur'' of the passive auxiliary is used: ''Ri tawðas bø løbur vðųx'' 'The door is opened (by someone)'. | To express the passive in the non-perfective tenses, the VN form ''(lø)bur'' of the passive auxiliary is used: ''Ri tawðas bø løbur vðųx'' 'The door is opened (by someone)'. | ||