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The applicative verbs promote an Oblique argument to core status, thereby creating a derived Patient. This results in a transitive sentence, and the inverse marker ''tā-/tāh-'' once again can be used to disambiguate the roles of the core arguments if a lower-animacy argument is an Agent. Interestingly, unlike passivation and antipassivation, the demoted core argument, which is always the former Patient, can still appear in the clause as an Oblique argument, marked with the connective ''si-'' There are several of these auxiliaries, listed in the following table:

The ~~applicative~~ verbs usually appear at the beginning of the VP.

The Positional/Motion verbs usually appear at the beginning of the VP.

{| class="bluetable lightbluebg"

|+ style="font-weight:bold"| Table of Applicative Auxiliary Verbs

|-

! !! ~~Applicative~~ Verb !! Sample Sentence !! Translation !! Comment

! !! Positional/Motion Verb !! Sample Sentence !! Translation !! Comment

|-

! Directional

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! Vialis

| nahke || Pohak tā-nahke-nui shokor-ken ka itá || I saw the river take you through the cave. || ''pohak'' = cave <br/>''shokor'' = to flow<br/>''-ken-'' = CAUS<br/> ''-nui-'' = VIS.EVID

|-

! Prolative

| roshkar || Ak piri roshkar ho'itá'. || I crossed the street earlier this morning || ''piri'' = street, road, path

|-

! Superessive

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 The applicative verbs promote an Oblique argument to core status, thereby creating a derived Patient.  This results in a transitive sentence, and the inverse marker ''tā-/tāh-'' once again can be used to disambiguate the roles of the core arguments if a lower-animacy argument is an Agent.  Interestingly, unlike passivation and antipassivation, the demoted core argument, which is always the former Patient, can still appear in the clause as an Oblique argument, marked with the connective ''si-''  There are several of these auxiliaries, listed in the following table:
-The applicative verbs usually appear at the beginning of the VP.
+The Positional/Motion verbs usually appear at the beginning of the VP.
 {|  class="bluetable lightbluebg"
 |+ style="font-weight:bold"| Table of Applicative Auxiliary Verbs
 |-
-!  !! Applicative Verb !! Sample Sentence !! Translation !! Comment
+!  !! Positional/Motion Verb !! Sample Sentence !! Translation !! Comment
 |-
 ! Directional
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 ! Vialis
 | nahke || Pohak tā-nahke-nui shokor-ken ka  itá || I saw the river take you through the cave. || ''pohak'' = cave <br/>''shokor'' = to flow<br/>''-ken-'' = CAUS<br/> ''-nui-'' = VIS.EVID
+|-
+! Prolative
+| roshkar || Ak piri roshkar ho'itá'. || I crossed the street earlier this morning || ''piri'' = street, road, path
 |-
 ! Superessive