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=====Class 2a: ''-am-'' Passive===== | =====Class 2a: ''-am-'' Passive===== | ||
Formed with the suffix ''-am-''. Indicates passive meaning. For intransitive stative verbs, indicates inceptive/inchoative. Follows suffix conjugation. Example: ''sheenami'' "to be given" (< ''sheeni'' "to give"); ''kuslami'' "to become fat" (< ''kusli'' "to be fat"). | Formed with the suffix ''-am-''. Indicates passive meaning. For intransitive stative verbs, indicates inceptive/inchoative. Follows suffix conjugation. Example: ''sheenami'' "to be given" (< ''sheeni'' "to give"); ''kuslami'' "to become fat" (< ''kusli'' "to be fat"). | ||
The passive can often be replaced by the impersonal. However, the impersonal can also be used as a pseudo-passive. | |||
:e.g. ''Kitaaba su koo sheené.'' (Someone) gave him a book. ≈ ''Kitaaba us sheenamé.'' He was given a book. | |||
::''Su yardá'' (Someone) is running ≠ ''*Ardamá'' *It is being run | |||
=====Class 2b: ''-s-'' Causative===== | =====Class 2b: ''-s-'' Causative===== | ||