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|'There is not enough water for the people of the capital'}} | |'There is not enough water for the people of the capital'}} | ||
Similarly, the passive can be used to form the ''aversive passive'', denoting an undesirable | Similarly, the passive can be used to form the ''aversive passive'', denoting an undesirable event or outcome. The affecting action may happen directly to the subject, or to another person or thing. | ||
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|home-DAT return-IPFV.PTCP-T.NOM.SG fall-PFV.PAS.1SG snow-ABL.SG | |home-DAT return-IPFV.PTCP-T.NOM.SG fall-PFV.PAS.1SG snow-ABL.SG | ||
|'Walking home I got snowed on'}} | |'Walking home I got snowed on'}} | ||
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| miquīvēlast apiesterā | |||
| die-PFV-PAS.2SG master-ABL.SG | |||
|'Your master has died on you' (i.e., died and it negatively affects you)}} | |||
====Causative==== | ====Causative==== | ||