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| '''á''' /æ:/ || '''a''' /ä/ || '''ó''' /ɒ:/ | | '''á''' /æ:/ || '''a''' /ä/ || '''ó''' /ɒ:/ | ||
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==Morphology== | |||
Riukish nominal morphology is [[w:Fusional lanuage|fusional]], whereas verbal morphology is [[w:Agglutinative lanuage|agglutinative]]. Inflections are mainly suffixes, even though circumfixes are often used. | |||
===Verbal=== | |||
Riukish verbs are inflected with 5 moods, 3 tenses, 2 aspects and 9 voices. Each voice is conveyed using an affix, glued to the verb root before the inflection. | |||
There are also are 2 non-finite forms : | |||
*The participle, which serves the role of indicating the agent of an action | |||
*The transgressive, which serves to indicate concurrent actions | |||
====Active voice==== | |||
The active voice is the initial form of the verb, which indicates that the subject is the one who does the action. The arguments of the verb must be in the Nominative/Accusative case | |||
Here is the active voice paradigm : | |||
{{template:Riukish verb conjugation|meaning=to live|1=nírú}} | |||
====Middle voice==== | |||
The middle voice indicates that the subject is both the one who does the action and the one who is undergoing change. The arguments of the verb must be in the Ergative/Absolutive case | |||
It is formed by prefixing "da-" to the main root | |||
====Passive voice==== | |||
The passive voice indicated that the subject is the patient of the actions. The arguments of the verb must be in the Nominative/Accusative case. It's subdivided into 2 different voices : | |||
=====Dynamic passive===== | |||
The dynamic passive (or eventive passive) is a passive action that was/is/will be taking place | |||
It is formed using the suffix "-noí" to the verb root | |||
=====Static passive===== | |||
The static passive (or stative passive) is a passive action that was/is/will be done to the subject that did/does/will result in a state at the focused time | |||
It is formed using the suffix "-té" to the verb root | |||
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