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Only an animate noun can be the subject of a particular verb. If a sentence does not contain any animate nouns, an impersonal verb will be used instead. When used with the prefix ''ši-'' a verb gains a detransitive meaning, for example: ''šönyekkan'' (''ši-o-nyen-kan'') "I see" from ''nyena'' "to see". | Only an animate noun can be the subject of a particular verb. If a sentence does not contain any animate nouns, an impersonal verb will be used instead. When used with the prefix ''ši-'' a verb gains a detransitive meaning, for example: ''šönyekkan'' (''ši-o-nyen-kan'') "I see" from ''nyena'' "to see". | ||
====Transitive verbs==== | ====Transitive verbs==== | ||
Weyon, like other Mountains languages, exhibits a [[w:Direct–inverse alignment|direct–inverse alignment]], in which transitive verbs are marked for whether or not the direction of the action follows a "topicality hierarchy" of the language. The hierarchy is: 1 > 2 > 3An.> 3Inan. which means one prefix determines the direction of the action. In order to change to direction of an action an inverse suffix is used. Below are all person markers for transitive verbs: | Weyon, like other Mountains languages, exhibits a [[w:Direct–inverse alignment|direct–inverse alignment]], in which transitive verbs are marked for whether or not the direction of the action follows a "topicality hierarchy" of the language. The hierarchy is: 1 > 2 > 3An.> 3Inan. which means one prefix determines the direction of the action. In order to change to direction of an action an inverse suffix is used. Below are all person markers for transitive verbs: | ||