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If all nouns in the sentence are inanimate, then the verb must be inflected as having an unspecified subject. Inanimate nouns may use instrumental marker ''-re/-r-'', which is similar to prepositions "with" and "by" in English. Animate nouns can only use the commitative marker ''-va'', but its meaning is different. | If all nouns in the sentence are inanimate, then the verb must be inflected as having an unspecified subject. Inanimate nouns may use instrumental marker ''-re/-r-'', which is similar to prepositions "with" and "by" in English. Animate nouns can only use the commitative marker ''-va'', but its meaning is different. | ||
===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||
There are four main types of verbs: impersonal (no determinate subject), intransitive (one subject only), transitive (both subject and direct object), ditransitive (one subject and two objects). Not every verb can belong to all types, some (like ''unuara'' "to sleep") belong only to one type (in this case - intransitive). | There are four main types of verbs: impersonal (no determinate subject), intransitive (one subject only), transitive (both subject and direct object), ditransitive (one subject and two objects). Not every verb can belong to all types, some (like ''unuara'' "to sleep") belong only to one type (in this case - intransitive). | ||
[[Category:Languages]] | [[Category:Languages]] | ||