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*'''Past conditional:''' past subjunctive of perfect auxiliary (''wisen/haben'') + past participle (agrees with subject/direct object) - e.g. ''Ik <b>sie</b> þuk <b>sähven</b>.'' "I '''would have seen''' you." | *'''Past conditional:''' past subjunctive of perfect auxiliary (''wisen/haben'') + past participle (agrees with subject/direct object) - e.g. ''Ik <b>sie</b> þuk <b>sähven</b>.'' "I '''would have seen''' you." | ||
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====Voice==== | |||
*'''Active:''' Basic form - e.g. ''Ik <b>sähve</b> þuk.'' "I '''see''' you." | |||
*'''Middle:''' Use object pronouns for first and second persons, and the middle pronoun for third person - e.g. ''Þou <b>sähves þuk</b>.'' "You '''are visible'''." | |||
*'''Passive:''' There are two kinds of passive. | |||
**'''General passive''': appropriate form of ''wisen'' "to be" + past participle (agrees with subject) - e.g. ''Þou <b>wast</b> sähvenes.'' "You '''were seen'''." | |||
**'''Inchoative passive''' (refers to beginning of state): appropriate form of ''wärþen'' "to become" + past participle (agrees with subject) - e.g. ''Þou <b>warst</b> sähvenes.'' "You '''were sighted'''." | |||
*'''Reflexive:''' Use reflexive pronouns - e.g. ''Ik sähve <b>misilben</b>.'' "I see '''myself'''." | |||
*'''Reciprocal:''' Use the reciprocal pronoun ''hvarjander'' "each other" (in the appropriate case) - e.g. ''Jous sähvets <b>hvarjander</b>.'' "You see <b>each other</b>." | |||
====Non-finite forms==== | ====Non-finite forms==== | ||