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**Usually used with transitive verbs, and often when someone is being "caused" to do something. | **Usually used with transitive verbs, and often when someone is being "caused" to do something. | ||
**This can be combined with the middle to form ''-dase''. | **This can be combined with the middle to form ''-dase''. | ||
*'''Inchoative/Durative:''' add ''-ikà'' to the stem (minus any final vowel). | |||
**This is used with verbs that form their past in ''-èra'' (other than ''sê'', which instead becomes ''fiká'') - e.g. ''altú'' "to be tall" (past: ''altéra'') -> ''altiká'' "to become tall". It may also be added directly to nouns - e.g. ''râyba'' "anger" -> ''raybikâ'' "to become angry". | |||
**Other verbal suffixes can be added on top of it - e.g. ''altikifá'' "to make tall* | |||
===Particles=== | ===Particles=== | ||