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**Usually used with intransitive verbs. | **Usually used with intransitive verbs. | ||
**This can be combined with the middle to form ''-fase'' - e.g. ''kosê'' "to cook (intr.)" -> ''kosefâ'' "to cook (tr.)" -> ''kosefasê'' "to cook for oneself" | **This can be combined with the middle to form ''-fase'' - e.g. ''kosê'' "to cook (intr.)" -> ''kosefâ'' "to cook (tr.)" -> ''kosefasê'' "to cook for oneself" | ||
*'''Causitive 2:''' add ''-da'' to stem - e.g. ''komê'' "to eat" -> '' | *'''Causitive 2:''' add ''-(d)da'' to stem - e.g. ''komê'' "to eat" -> ''komeddâ'' "to give to eat" | ||
**The ''-d-'' is geminated after vowels. | |||
**Usually used with transitive verbs, and often when someone is being "caused" to do something. | **Usually used with transitive verbs, and often when someone is being "caused" to do something. | ||
**This can be combined with the middle to form ''-dase''. | **This can be combined with the middle to form ''-(d)dase''. | ||
*'''Inchoative:''' add ''-eya'' to the stem (minus any final vowel). | *'''Inchoative:''' add ''-eya'' to the stem (minus any final vowel). | ||
**This is mostly used with verbs that form their past in ''-èra'' (other than ''sê'', which instead becomes ''fiká'') - e.g. ''altú'' "to be tall/long" (past: ''altéra'') -> ''alteyá'' "to become tall/long". It may also be added directly to nouns - e.g. ''bôs'' "voice, vote" -> ''boseyâ'' "to vote". | **This is mostly used with verbs that form their past in ''-èra'' (other than ''sê'', which instead becomes ''fiká'') - e.g. ''altú'' "to be tall/long" (past: ''altéra'') -> ''alteyá'' "to become tall/long". It may also be added directly to nouns - e.g. ''bôs'' "voice, vote" -> ''boseyâ'' "to vote". | ||