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The active voice is the default voice, used when the subject is the agent of the verb. | The active voice is the default voice, used when the subject is the agent of the verb. | ||
======Mediopassive====== | ======Mediopassive====== | ||
The mediopassive marks the subject as a patient of the verb. Apart from passivity, mediopassives may have a derivational function; they may indicate reflexive or involuntary/spontaneous actions with active intransitives, ('' | The mediopassive marks the subject as a patient of the verb. Apart from passivity, mediopassives may have a derivational function; they may indicate reflexive or involuntary/spontaneous actions with active intransitives, (''scőtvati machīnýn'' "my legs walk by themselves, without my control") or change of state for statives (which is what the copula ''gîe'' is used for in the mediopassive). As such there are quite a few deponent verbs, verbs that are inherently mediopassive, and also mediopassive counterparts of active intransitive verbs. | ||
=====Supplementary voices===== | =====Supplementary voices===== | ||