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===Verbs with distinct meanings=== | ===Verbs with distinct meanings=== | ||
Some verbs' interior forms have a meaning which is, at least in the English translation, very distinct, as with ''lilke'' "to live" or ''mišake'' "to see": | Some verbs' interior forms have a meaning which is, at least in the English translation, very distinct, as with ''lilke'' "to live" or ''mišake'' "to see": | ||
: ''lilah'' | : <small>EXT.</small> ''lilah'' "I live" vs. <small>INT.</small> ''lilęru'' "I get healed" | ||
: <small>EXT.</small> ''mešute'' "I see" vs. <small>INT.</small> ''meširu'' "I know" | |||
Chlouvānem makes a distinction between "slow" and "late" (''ṭhivake'') and between "fast" and "early" (''nuppake'') only as exterior and interior meanings of the same verb; the derived adverbial form is the same: | |||
: <small>EXT.</small> ''ṭhivu'' "I am late" vs. <small>INT.</small> ''ṭhiviru'' "I am (walking/driving) slow", adverbial ''ṭhive'' "slow, late" | |||
: ''mešute'' | : <small>EXT.</small> ''nuppu'' "I am early" vs. <small>INT.</small> ''nuppiru'' "I am (walking/driving) fast", adverbial ''nuppe'' "fast, early" | ||
:: I | :: Note that the semantic causatives are completely different forms, prefixed forms of √''dīd-'': ''pridīdake'' "to delay", ''maidīdake'' "to bring forward, anticipate" | ||
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Interior forms of transitive verbs usually may have a distinct meaning together with the normal reflexive or reciprocal ones; for example, ''meširu'' may also mean "I see myself" (e.g. in a mirror). | Interior forms of transitive verbs usually may have a distinct meaning together with the normal reflexive or reciprocal ones; for example, ''meširu'' may also mean "I see myself" (e.g. in a mirror). | ||