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 *DAT + ''k'' = "making" (no ''k'' with Abstract)
 *COM + '' '' = "using"
-===Registers===
-Different endings which reflect the conversation situation: speakers, familiarity, formality, location...
-Can people with higher status be abstract or do they occupy a special animate category? (æ inside?)
-One may use inanimate verb forms as anti-honorific? ''Ondakon næ ka Nithki.'' (I humbly offer this to You)
-In casual register, verb forms are chosen differently when the subject is agent-like (he dances) or patient-like (he fell): ''latepóji'' (he danced AN) vs. ''bousoi'' (he fell INAN)
-In formal register, it is preferred to use only animate nouns as agents while abstract and inanimate are as antipassive subjects: ''luwifo utelink nas'' ("beauty-of.yours un-eye-ful-makes me-with", your beauty makes me blind) vs. ''utelinken fø na'' (you are making me blind)
 ===Numerals===