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Arguments usually change from the non-prefixed forms: for example ''vaske'' (to drive) is transitive and its patient is the means of transport, while the patient of ''khlavaske'' (to go with [by vehicle]) is the person with whom the agent goes. | Arguments usually change from the non-prefixed forms: for example ''vaske'' (to drive) is transitive and its patient is the means of transport, while the patient of ''khlavaske'' (to go with [by vehicle]) is the person with whom the agent goes. | ||
''ta-''/''tes-'' | ''ta-''/''tes-'' prefixed verbs are always intransitive, and the transitive forms may be done only by deriving an additional applicative verb (usually mainly a stylistic exercise in poetry), as in ''taflulke'' "to arrive (on foot)" → ''nartaflulke'' "to reach (on foot)": | ||
: ''jaṃšui taflå'' "I arrive to the party" | : ''jaṃšui taflå'' "I arrive to the party" | ||
: ''jaṃšā nartafliven'' "the party is [being] reached" | : ''jaṃšā nartafliven'' "the party is [being] reached" | ||