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====Middle==== | ====Middle==== | ||
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The '''[[w:Passive voice|passive voice]]''' in Aeranir shares many traits with the middle voice (sometimes called ''[[w:Mediopassive voice|mediopassive]]''), and often times the distinction between the two can be subtle, nuanced, or obscure. In its most basic form, the grammatical subject ([[w: Nominative case|nominative]] argument) expresses the theme or [[w:Grammatical patient|patient]] of the main verb – that is, the person or thing that undergoes the action or has its state changed. This is opposed to the [[w:Active voice|active voice]], where the nominative argument expresses the agent of a transitive clause or subject of an intransitive one, and the [[w:Voice (grammar)#Middle|middle voice]], which has traits of both. | |||
=====Uses of the passive===== | |||
Unlike the middle voice, the passive is not used for verbal complements, and it cannot take the agent of a verb as its subject. It is never used in verbal complements (e.g. '''''tetërur seun tīn iōs''''' 'this tea tastes good' (lit. 'drinks well') vs. '''''tetēlārur seun tīn iōs''''' 'this tea is drank often'). While the agent may be dropped in a passive clause, it may also be included, using the [[w:Ablative case|ablative case]]. | |||
:* ''praescanduēlārur ūlun cavā īliānā hānun appū qetlīnvantlīcöloccin ubrū''<br>'That temple was rebuilt by Cava Iliana in their thirty-eight year.' | |||
====Causative==== | ====Causative==== | ||