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==== Post-TA Affixes ==== | ==== Post-TA Affixes ==== | ||
The Post-TA affixes serve to mark the verb's transitivity. The Detransitivizer combines with other affixes, such as the Reflexive, Reciprocal, and the Antipassive. TheDetransitivizer occurs oftentimes when NI has taken place, provided that the totality of the verb's valence operations did not promote a former Absolutive argument to Ergative case, which may happen if the Applicative affixes and/or the Causative surface, as in ''Redadde kaslub dutittaħšitipraru'' ("The man gave the dog some meat", lit: The man the dog he | The Post-TA affixes serve to mark the verb's transitivity. The Detransitivizer combines with other affixes, such as the Reflexive, Reciprocal, and the Antipassive. TheDetransitivizer occurs oftentimes when NI has taken place, provided that the totality of the verb's valence operations did not promote a former Absolutive argument to Ergative case, which may happen if the Applicative affixes and/or the Causative surface, as in ''Redadde kaslub dutittaħšitipraru'' ("The man gave the dog some meat", lit: The man the dog he-meat-gave-towards). | ||
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! Class | ! Class | ||
! Affix | ! width="100" | Affix | ||
! Notes | ! Notes | ||
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! Detransitivizer | ! Detransitivizer | ||
| -an- | | -an- <br/> -ēn-<br/> -en + C <br/> -ean <br/> -ā <br/> -ē | ||
| The | | The ''-ēn-'' and ''-en'' + C forms are non-pausal forms for when the preceding vowel is ''-e-'' or ''-ē-''. <br/>Otherwise, the combination ''-ean'' occurs if the verb is sentence-final and no other affix follows. The forms ''-ā'' and ''-ē'' are seen only in the poetry of Classical Minhast and some Upper Minhast dialects. | ||
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! Transitivizer | ! Transitivizer | ||
| -u- | | -u- <br/> -un- | ||
| The archaic form ''-un-'' is often seen in Salmon Speaker speech | | The archaic form ''-un-'' is often seen in Salmon Speaker and Wolf Speaker speech | ||
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