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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. | |||
: (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): | ||