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===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). | ||
*'''Impersonal''' or [[w:Avalency|avalent]] verbs are used in sentences with no determinate subject or if both the agent and the patient are inanimate, so neither can be a subject of such a sentence. | |||
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|Oqaakaieci | |||
|naare | |||
|kervecie | |||
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|O-qaa-uk-ai-eci | |||
|nac-re | |||
|kerve-cie | |||
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|already-cut-CPL-PERF-IMPRS.PL | |||
|axe-INAN.SG | |||
|branch-INAN.PAU | |||
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| colspan="2" |"The axe has cut off some branches". | |||
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| colspan="2" |"By means of the knife, the branches have been cut off". | |||
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[[Category:Languages]] | [[Category:Languages]] | ||