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The passive is formed by adding the passive personal endings ''-sse, -kse, -sse, -tas, -kas, -las'' to the full stem. | The passive is formed by adding the passive personal endings ''-sse, -kse, -sse, -tas, -kas, -las'' to the full stem. | ||
* ''Taevasse'' "I am made sacred, he/she/it is made sacred." | * ''Taevasse'' "I am made sacred, he/she/it is made sacred." | ||
* '' | * ''Nee palgasse saa Urmas'' "It is being taken to Urmas." | ||
The passive has a tentative subjunctive/future form which is formed by adding ''-d'' to the singular endings and ''-si'' to the plural. This form has been found to correspond to both a wishing mood (similar to the optative) and a future tense as well. Presumably, it's unrelated to the optative as it differs strongly in form and comes after the personal suffixes unlike the optative which comes before. | The passive has a tentative subjunctive/future form which is formed by adding ''-d'' to the singular endings and ''-si'' to the plural. This form has been found to correspond to both a wishing mood (similar to the optative) and a future tense as well. Presumably, it's unrelated to the optative as it differs strongly in form and comes after the personal suffixes unlike the optative which comes before. | ||
* ''Taevassed nennikä'' "May thy name be made sacred/Thy name will be made sacred." | * ''Taevassed nennikä'' "May thy name be made sacred/Thy name will be made sacred." | ||
* ''Laheksed saa Vihtor kui ruuseemme'' "Thou art to be given to Victor as an offering/Thou shalt be given to Victor as a sacrifice." | * ''Laheksed saa Vihtor kui ruuseemme'' "Thou art to be given to Victor as an offering/Thou shalt be given to Victor as a sacrifice." | ||
* ''Saolalassi saolain saolalinna!'' "May the songs of the song weaver be sung!/The songs of the song weaver will be sung!" <!-- lol I think I just discovered the first tongue twister --> | * ''Saolalassi saolain saolalinna!'' "May the songs of the song weaver be sung!/The songs of the song weaver will be sung!" <!-- lol I think I just discovered the first tongue twister --> | ||
====Negative==== | |||
To negate a verb, the suffix -lya- is inserted before the person endings. Thus, | |||
* ''Taevalyaten<nowiki>'</nowiki>'' "I do not make it holy" | |||
* ''Lahelyassed!'' "I will not be given!" | |||
* ''Palgalya!'' "Don't take (it)!" | |||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||