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===''Reflexivity/Reciprocity ''===
===Reflexivity/Reciprocity===
 
 
Reflexivity describes a linguistic concept in which the agent of and action and patient / receiver of an action are identical. Many language use specific pronouns to express reflexivity. Volapűük nulíik does not have a specific set of pronouns for this purpos but expresses this concept by repeating the subject pronoun suffix in the object position:
 
"Lavám."
 
LAV-á-m
 
WASH-pres.-3.sg.anim.masc.
 
He washes.
 
 
"Lavgámin."
 
LAV-g-á-m-i-n
 
WASH-val.acc.-pres.-3.sg.anim.masc.-acc.-3.sg.inam.
 
He washes it.
 
 
"Lavgámip."
 
LAV-g-á-m-i-p
 
WASH-val.acc.-pres.-3.sg.anim.masc.-acc.-3.sg.anim.neutr.
 
He washes them [singular].
 
 
"Lavgámif."
 
LAV-g-á-m-i-f
 
WASH-val.acc.-pres.-3.sg.anim.masc.-acc.-3.sg.anim.fem.
 
He washes her.
 
 
"Lavgámim."
 
LAV-g-á-m-i-m
 
WASH-val.acc.-pres.-3.sg.anim.masc.-acc.-3.sg.anim.masc.
 
He washes himself.
 
 
If the person mentioned washes another person of the same gender, the deictic pronoun -k is used:
 
 
"Lavgámik."
 
LAV-g-á-m-i-k
 
WASH-val.acc.-pres.-3.sg.anim.masc.-acc.-3.sg.deic.close
 
"He washes him."


===Co-verb suffixes===
===Co-verb suffixes===
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