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 ====Personal affixes====
-Caer verbs can optionally take two verb affixes, usually termed ipse ({{sc|ipse}}) and alter ({{sc|alter}}), though in some older analyses the terms ‘ego’, ‘1~3P’, or ‘self’  are sometimes encountered. These terms are now recommended against for reasons that will soon become clear.
+Caer verbs can optionally take two verb affixes (ipse vs. alter) slotted in object and optionally agent position, though in some older analyses the terms ‘ego’, ‘1~3P’, or ‘self’, ‘non-topic’  are sometimes encountered. These terms are now recommended against by most language experts.
+=====Ipse=====
+The so-called '''ipse''' ({{sc|ipse}}) marker refers usually to the most salient previously mentioned NP. If there is no specific NP it is automatically assumed to refer to the speaker, i.e. it then corresponds to what other languages would call the first person.
 ===Nominal morphology===