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→The Causative, -BI
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'''-BI''', the '''causative''' ending, indicates that the subject of the verb causes the object to perform the verb. | '''-BI''', the '''causative''' ending, indicates that the subject of the verb causes the object to perform the verb. | ||
: | : In sig'''bi''' palah. | ||
: ''He '''makes''' the rabbit run.'' | : ''He '''makes''' the rabbit run.'' | ||
-BI can attach to any other verbal ending besides the attributive. | -BI can attach to any other verbal ending besides the attributive. | ||
: | : In signabi palah. | ||
: ''He makes the rabbit not run.'' = ''He stops the rabbit from running.'' | : ''He makes the rabbit not run.'' = ''He stops the rabbit from running.'' | ||
: | : In sigwebi palah. | ||
: ''He makes the rabbit start to run.'' | : ''He makes the rabbit start to run.'' | ||