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Sometimes, it may have a '''reflexive''' meaning, or the sense of doing something for ones own benefit. | Sometimes, it may have a '''reflexive''' meaning, or the sense of doing something for ones own benefit. | ||
{{interlinear| number=2.a.) | style2 = color:DarkMagenta; | top=''nēsciȥ vominīs'' | |||
| nesc-iȥ vomin-īs | |||
|wash-ACT.1SG river-LOC.SG | |||
|'They wash me in a river'}} | |||
{{interlinear| number=2.b.) | style2 = color:DarkMagenta; | top=''nēscor vominīs'' | |||
| nesc-'''or''' vomin-īs | |||
|wash-'''MID.1SG''' river-LOC.SG | |||
|'I washed (myself) in a river'}} | |||
{{interlinear| number=3.a.) | style2 = color:DarkMagenta; | top=''hastidēste abrun'' | |||
| hastid-ēs<nowiki>=</nowiki>te abr-un | |||
|sacrifice-ACT.3SG.T<nowiki>=</nowiki>1SG.NOM fish-ACC.SG | |||
|'I sacrificed a fish'}} | |||
{{interlinear| number=3.b.) | style2 = color:DarkMagenta; | top=''hastideor abrōrun'' | |||
| hastid-'''eor''' abr-un | |||
|sacrifice-'''MID.1SG''' fish-INSTR.SG | |||
|'I sacrificed a fish (for my benefit)'}} | |||
Another important use of the middle voice is the '''experiential middle voice'''. When used with sensory verbs the middle voice may be used to differentiate experiential, nonvolitional sensation (''see, hear, smell, feel, know, etc.''), as opposed to active, volitional sensation (''look, listen, sniff, touch, understand, etc.'') Often times, the object of the sensory verb will be expressed using an oblique case, usually the ablative. | Another important use of the middle voice is the '''experiential middle voice'''. When used with sensory verbs the middle voice may be used to differentiate experiential, nonvolitional sensation (''see, hear, smell, feel, know, etc.''), as opposed to active, volitional sensation (''look, listen, sniff, touch, understand, etc.'') Often times, the object of the sensory verb will be expressed using an oblique case, usually the ablative. | ||
{{interlinear| number= | {{interlinear| number=4.a.) | style2 = color:DarkMagenta; | top=''īdēste ponun garīnī gellē'' | ||
| īd-ēs<nowiki>=</nowiki>te pon-un garīn-ī gellē | | īd-ēs<nowiki>=</nowiki>te pon-un garīn-ī gellē | ||
|hear/listen-ACT.3SG.T<nowiki>=</nowiki>1SG.NOM voice-ACC.SG friend-GEN.SG happily | |hear/listen-ACT.3SG.T<nowiki>=</nowiki>1SG.NOM voice-ACC.SG friend-GEN.SG happily | ||
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|c1 = (''active voice'')}} | |c1 = (''active voice'')}} | ||
{{interlinear| number= | {{interlinear| number=4.b.) | style2 = color:DarkMagenta; | top=''īdeor ponā garīnī gellē'' | ||
| īd-'''eor''' pon-ā garīn-ī gellē | | īd-'''eor''' pon-ā garīn-ī gellē | ||
|hear/listen-'''MID.1SG''' voice-ABL.SG friend-GEN.SG happily | |hear/listen-'''MID.1SG''' voice-ABL.SG friend-GEN.SG happily | ||