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* Future: ''trubann ê'' "it will be sung" | * Future: ''trubann ê'' "it will be sung" | ||
* Future perfect: ''trubann iṭur/fuṭur ê'' "it will have been sung" | * Future perfect: ''trubann iṭur/fuṭur ê'' "it will have been sung" | ||
Some verbs like ''apilyori'' "to call, name" are intransitive and can't build an actual passive, but a passive meaning form is made by using the third person plural, e.g. ''apelyant-u di amuri'' "it is called 'love' ~ they call it 'love'." | Some verbs like ''apilyori'' "to call, name", or mostly reflexive verbs such as ''apiri-s'' "to buy", are intransitive and can't build an actual passive, but a passive meaning form is made by using the third person plural, e.g. ''apelyant-u di amuri'' "it is called 'love' ~ they call it 'love'"; ''apirunt-us di tria quilugrama di orisa'' "Three kilograms of rice are bought." | ||
Uniquely among Romance languages, Rumonian has "pseudo-passive" forms which use ''aḍipisciri'' (to get, deponent) as an auxiliary verb: they are used with ditransitive verbs, and cast focus on the theme, as Rumonian being secundative means that in true passive forms it's the recipient which becomes subject. However, unlike in true passive forms, the theme is not the subject, and the verb conjugates for the (usually unstated) recipient: | Uniquely among Romance languages, Rumonian has "pseudo-passive" forms which use ''aḍipisciri'' (to get, deponent) as an auxiliary verb: they are used with ditransitive verbs, and cast focus on the theme, as Rumonian being secundative means that in true passive forms it's the recipient which becomes subject. However, unlike in true passive forms, the theme is not the subject, and the verb conjugates for the (usually unstated) recipient: | ||