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The '''agentative''' ({{sc|agt}}) case is used to mark the subject, or agent, of transitive verbs. However, intertwined with the Ris language's distinction on control and volition, there is a distinction on intransitives, marking high control intransitives with the agentative argument. | The '''agentative''' ({{sc|agt}}) case is used to mark the subject, or agent, of transitive verbs. However, intertwined with the Ris language's distinction on control and volition, there is a distinction on intransitives, marking high control intransitives with the agentative argument. | ||
*The agentive is often marked with an <''-r''> on nouns. | |||
*On verbs, the agentive uses the suffix <''-in''> to agree with a high-control subject, or an agentive noun. However, this is not completely true; please see the section on [[Ris#Inverse marking|inverse marking]]. | |||
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| colspan="4"|'''({{red|éu}}) káter{{red|o}} | | colspan="4"|'''({{red|éu}}) káter{{red|o}} ktérma''' | ||
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| colspan="4"| /ˈɛu̩ ˈkatɛrɔ | | colspan="4"| /ˈɛu̩ ˈkatɛrɔ ˈktɛrma/ | ||
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|<small>káter</small> | |<small>káter</small> | ||
|<small>{{red|-o}}</small> | |<small>{{red|-o}}</small> | ||
|<small> | |<small>ktérma</small> | ||
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