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With ditransitive verbs such as causatives two referents can appear before the verb or the same displacement can take place.

|phrase={{ash|oas ga bahba sa͠a ỏ<u>hh</u>oyya ga}}

|gloss=Oas=CLF.TOP dog water DIST-<u>DIR</u>-eat.CAUS.RLS=REP

|translation=it was Oas who gave the dog water to drink

}}

|phrase={{ash|oas ga o sa͠a ỏ<u>ss</u>oyya ga bahba go}}

|gloss=Oas=CLF.TOP DET.DIST=water DIST-<u>INV</u>-eat.CAUS.RLS=REP dog=CLF

|translation=it was Oas the dog offered water to

}}

Inversion is especially important when the subject is being omitted as person markers do not exist.

|phrase={{ash|ẻhheas yo}}

|gloss=PROX-DIR-see.ACT.RLS-CONJ=DECL

|translation=I am looking at them

}}

|phrase={{ash|ẻsseas e}}

|gloss=PROX-INV-see.ACT.RLS-CONJ=EXP

|translation=they are looking at me

}}

====Reflexivity====

Besides the direct and inverse agency prefixes, verbs can also take a reflexive one.

|phrase={{ash|oadnah ảyısa͠as yo}}

|gloss=shine.INCH.RLS-DUR REFL.PROX-LOC:LIQ.STAT/ACT.RLS-CONJ=DECL

|translation=I wash in the morning

}}

|phrase={{ash|{{AshMidhook|ảo}} ga oadnah ảyısa͠a ma}}

|gloss=Ao=CLF.TOP shine.INCH.RLS-DUR REFL.DIST-LOC:LIQ.STAT/ACT.RLS=NEG

|translation=Ao doesn't wash in the morning

}}

Reflexivity can be used to disambiguate between referents.

|phrase={{ash|ẽbmo͠o mo ẻsbadsas yo}}

|gloss=PROX-INAL-head=CLF.TOP PROX-INV-hand.INTS.RLS-CONJ=DECL

|translation=you are braiding my hair

}}

|phrase={{ash|ẽbmo͠o mo ẻwıbadsas yo}}

|gloss=PROX-INAL-head=CLF.TOP PROX PROX-REFL.PROX-hand.INTS.RLS-CONJ=DECL

|translation=I am braiding my hair

}}

====Incorporation====