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|wash-ACT.1SG river-LOC.SG | |wash-ACT.1SG river-LOC.SG | ||
|'They wash me in a river' | |'They wash me in a river' | ||
|c1 = (''active'')}} | |c1 = (''active voice'')}} | ||
{{interlinear| number=2.b.) | style2 = color:DarkMagenta; | top=''nēscor vominīs'' | {{interlinear| number=2.b.) | style2 = color:DarkMagenta; | top=''nēscor vominīs'' | ||
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|wash-'''MID.1SG''' river-LOC.SG | |wash-'''MID.1SG''' river-LOC.SG | ||
|'I washed (myself) in a river' | |'I washed (myself) in a river' | ||
|c1 = (''middle'')}} | |c1 = (''middle voice'')}} | ||
{{interlinear| number=3.a.) | style2 = color:DarkMagenta; | top=''hastidēste abrun'' | {{interlinear| number=3.a.) | style2 = color:DarkMagenta; | top=''hastidēste abrun'' | ||
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|sacrifice-ACT.3SG.T<nowiki>=</nowiki>1SG.NOM fish-ACC.SG | |sacrifice-ACT.3SG.T<nowiki>=</nowiki>1SG.NOM fish-ACC.SG | ||
|'I sacrificed a fish' | |'I sacrificed a fish' | ||
|c1 = (''active'')}} | |c1 = (''active voice'')}} | ||
{{interlinear| number=3.b.) | style2 = color:DarkMagenta; | top=''hastideor abrōrun'' | {{interlinear| number=3.b.) | style2 = color:DarkMagenta; | top=''hastideor abrōrun'' | ||
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|sacrifice-'''MID.1SG''' fish-INSTR.SG | |sacrifice-'''MID.1SG''' fish-INSTR.SG | ||
|'I sacrificed a fish (for my benefit)' | |'I sacrificed a fish (for my benefit)' | ||
|c1 = (''middle'')}} | |c1 = (''middle voice'')}} | ||
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. | ||