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=== Passive and causative ===
=== Passive and causative ===
''Kaht'' is used as an auxiliary for the passive:
''Kaht'' is used as an auxiliary for the passive:
* ''Kawð i ąnuj men kapwas.'' = I was bored by the horse.
: ''Kawð i ąnuj men kapwas.''
* ''Nawð bindóməs ð'i el kapwas ąnuj.'' = The farmer made the horse bore me. (lit. The farmer gave me to the horse to bore me.)  
: I was bored by the horse.  
: (lit. I took the boredom from the horse)
''Ðett'' is used as an auxiliary for the causative:
: ''Nawð bindóməs ð'i el kapwas ąnuj.''  
: The farmer made the horse bore me.
: (lit. The farmer gave me to the horse to bore.)
 
=== Balancing vs deranking conjunctions ===
=== Balancing vs deranking conjunctions ===
Balancing conjunctions take full finite clauses (clauses with a finite verb or an auxiliary):
Balancing conjunctions take full finite clauses (clauses with a finite verb or an auxiliary):