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*Binyan: derives verbs from a consonantal root; encodes variables such as transitivity, volition, aspect and manner of action.

*Voice: patient-oriented, agent-oriented and applicative.

** ''Patient-oriented'' means that the subject (the unmarked argument, one immediately following it) is a patient (or experiencer of a state or a change of state), while the noun phrase marked with a preposed particle ''qy'' is ~~something else~~, often an agent, an instrument, or a cause.

** ''Patient-oriented'' means that the subject (the unmarked argument, one immediately following it) is a patient (or experiencer of a state or a change of state), while the noun phrase marked with a preposed particle ''qy'' is a second argument, often an agent, an instrument, or a cause.

** ''Agent-oriented'' means that the subject (the unmarked argument, one immediately following it) is an "agent", while the noun phrase marked with a preposed particle ''qy'' is ~~something else~~, often the patient.

** ''Agent-oriented'' means that the subject (the unmarked argument, one immediately following it) is an "agent", while the noun phrase marked with a preposed particle ''qy'' is a second argument, often the patient.

** The patient oriented stem is from an older stative; the agent-oriented form is from an older tensed verb.

*Agreement: Person/number/gender of participants.

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 *Binyan: derives verbs from a consonantal root; encodes variables such as transitivity, volition, aspect and manner of action.
 *Voice: patient-oriented, agent-oriented and applicative.
-** ''Patient-oriented'' means that the subject (the unmarked argument, one immediately following it) is a patient (or experiencer of a state or a change of state), while the noun phrase marked with a preposed particle ''qy'' is something else, often an agent, an instrument, or a cause.
+** ''Patient-oriented'' means that the subject (the unmarked argument, one immediately following it) is a patient (or experiencer of a state or a change of state), while the noun phrase marked with a preposed particle ''qy'' is a second argument, often an agent, an instrument, or a cause.
-** ''Agent-oriented'' means that the subject (the unmarked argument, one immediately following it) is an "agent", while the noun phrase marked with a preposed particle ''qy'' is something else, often the patient.
+** ''Agent-oriented'' means that the subject (the unmarked argument, one immediately following it) is an "agent", while the noun phrase marked with a preposed particle ''qy'' is a second argument, often the patient.
 ** The patient oriented stem is from an older stative; the agent-oriented form is from an older tensed verb.
 *Agreement: Person/number/gender of participants.