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It should be noted that a verb in the [[w:Active voice|active voice]] must always have the maximum number of arguments according to its inherent transitivity. This means, for example, that one can never say 'John eats.' Because 'to eat' is transitive, there must be a patient, or direct object, e.g. 'John eats food.' However, there are a number of valancy dropping operations available in Talothic to allow various arguments to be dropped, which are discussed in the section on [[w:Voice (grammar)|voice]]. | It should be noted that a verb in the [[w:Active voice|active voice]] must always have the maximum number of arguments according to its inherent transitivity. This means, for example, that one can never say 'John eats.' Because 'to eat' is transitive, there must be a patient, or direct object, e.g. 'John eats food.' However, there are a number of valancy dropping operations available in Talothic to allow various arguments to be dropped, which are discussed in the section on [[w:Voice (grammar)|voice]]. | ||
=== Stem change === | |||
Talothic verbs are characterised by a tripartite stem system, used in conjunction with verb endings and the augment, to form its six tenses. This trait is common in eastern Maro-Ephenia languages, while it is rarer in western ones. These three stems are referred to simply as ''S1'', ''S2'', and ''S3'', but may also be called more descriptively the [[w:Gnomic aspect|gnomic]], [[w:Imperfective aspect|imperfective]], and [[w:Perfective aspect|perfective]] aspects. Not all verbs have all stems, however all have S1 as well as either S2 or S3. Verbs lacking a particular stem are called ''despondent''. S1 is seen as the base stem of a verb (and the ''aorist'' which uses it the main tense), and there are a number of different ways to derive S2 & S3. | |||
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| κισῷν αἰππά ῴσιν | |||
| return-2SG 1SG.NOM power-ACC.SG | |||
|'I'm returning the power to you'}} | |||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||