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====Forming the Passive==== | ====Forming the Passive==== | ||
Gothic transitive verbs had a passive form, but this has disappeared from Valthungian. Instead, the passive may be formed using a variety of auxiliary verbs determined by the volition of the agent and the subject (patient). | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | |||
! Patient Deliberate | |||
! Patient Unintentional / Inanimate | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | ! Agent Deliberate | ||
|| gečin ‘to cause to get’<br />lenǧin ‘to cause to succeed’ | |||
|| gitna ‘to get’<br />þiǧin ‘to receive’ | |||
|- | |- | ||
! Agent Uninstentional / Inanimate | |||
|| þiǧin ‘to receive’<br />lenǧin ‘to cause to succeed’ | |||
|| skīčin ‘to cause to happen’<br />skeǧin ‘to cause to happen’<br />werðan ‘to become’ | |||
|} | |} | ||
==Adjectives== | ==Adjectives== | ||