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Chlouvānem verbs also conjugate for seven '''voices''' (''tadgeroe'', pl. ''tadgerenī''), each one putting one of seven different core elements as the ''direct-case argument'', usually for means of topicalization or definiteness; they reflect the Austronesian-type morphosyntactical alignment of the language. The seven voices are, for exterior verbs: | Chlouvānem verbs also conjugate for seven '''voices''' (''tadgeroe'', pl. ''tadgerenī''), each one putting one of seven different core elements as the ''direct-case argument'', usually for means of topicalization or definiteness; they reflect the Austronesian-type morphosyntactical alignment of the language. The seven voices are, for exterior verbs: | ||
* '''patient-trigger''' (''dṛṣokire tadgeroe'') (unmarked); | * '''patient-trigger''' (''dṛṣokire tadgeroe'') (unmarked); | ||
* '''agent-trigger''' ('' | * '''agent-trigger''' (''darīyūkire tadgeroe'') (transitive and ditransitive verbs only); | ||
* '''benefactive-trigger''' (''hulābādmęlīnūkire tadgeroe''); | * '''benefactive-trigger''' (''hulābādmęlīnūkire tadgeroe''); | ||
* '''antibenefactive-trigger''' (''tatalunsusūkire tadgeroe''); | * '''antibenefactive-trigger''' (''tatalunsusūkire tadgeroe''); |
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