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| the verb tends to be left-bound and close to the noun when a participle
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| kûnira kaxáp "the dog is taken"
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| káxap kûniru "the taken dog"
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| syntx of case and verb
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| ''asak āqfúl-un'' "I spoke with him"
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| ''masak āqfúl-un'' "whom I spoke with"
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| *active voice: ergative if subject (construct); accusative if object (absolute)
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| : sā agulá / asa agulá-su "he eats it"
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| *passive voice: accusative if subject (construct); ergative if object (absolute)
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| : asa gafál / sā gafál-us "he is eaten"
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| *causative voice: dative if causer-subject (construct); genitive if object (absolute)
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| : asi gualá / sia gualá-su "he makes X eat him"
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| *obligative voice: genitive if causee-subject (construct); dative if object (absolute)
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| : sia agáfl / asi gafál-us "he is made to eat"
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| *medio-passive voice: nominative if subejct (construct)
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| : asu gaflá / sua gaflá-su "he eats"
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| *experimental voice: oblique if subject (construct)
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| : sua aguál / asu aguál-us "he finds himself eating"
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| the man makes
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| asu sia gualá-su "he made him eat it" vs
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| asu sia saíkat iri gualá "the philospher makes him eat it
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| A- > A-A -A
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| sās guīlá "he forced himself to eat it"
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| xûlira, su bîblira aqilá, siktí aqilá "the philosopher sees the man, who sees the book"
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| ''āvala aru k’a agaúl'' "if a man is strong he eats"
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| ''k’ātásu āvala aru agaúl iāt'' "if a man eats he is strong"
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| āvala iru imfar
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| murásu āvala
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