Verse:Mwail/Old Gloob: Difference between revisions
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The active voice is the default voice, used when the subject is the agent of the verb. | The active voice is the default voice, used when the subject is the agent of the verb. | ||
======Mediopassive====== | ======Mediopassive====== | ||
The mediopassive marks the subject as a patient of the verb. Apart from passivity, mediopassives may have a derivational function; they may indicate reflexive | The mediopassive marks the subject as a patient of the verb. Apart from passivity, mediopassives may have a derivational function; they may indicate reflexive or involuntary/spontaneous actions with active intransitives, (''skőtvìti machjâist'' "my legs walk by themselves, without my control") or change of state for statives. As such there are quite a few deponent verbs, verbs that are inherently mediopassive, and also mediopassive counterparts of active intransitive verbs. | ||
=====Supplementary voices===== | =====Supplementary voices===== | ||