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:''See [[#Conjugation tables|here]] for '''conjugation tables'''''.
:''See [[#Conjugation tables|here]] for '''conjugation tables'''''.


====Verbal number====
===Verbal number===
Verbs are conjugated and [[#Participles|participes]] are declined in three numbers:
Verbs are conjugated and [[#Participles|participes]] are declined in three numbers:


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*plural
*plural


====Aspect====
===Aspect===
There are two primary aspects in Rówok, namely [[#Imperfective|imperfective]] and [[#Perfective|perfective]].
There are two primary aspects in Rówok, namely [[#Imperfective|imperfective]] and [[#Perfective|perfective]].


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The sense of the primary aspects is complemented further mainly by [[#Derivational morphology|derivational infixes]] and the like.
The sense of the primary aspects is complemented further mainly by [[#Derivational morphology|derivational infixes]] and the like.


====Voice====
===Voice===
There are three possible voices in Rówok:
There are three possible voices in Rówok:
*'''active'''
*'''active'''
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*'''passive'''
*'''passive'''


=====Active voice=====
====Active voice====
The active voice is used for the following:
The active voice is used for the following:
*when the subject is the agent of a transitive action
*when the subject is the agent of a transitive action
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Subjects of verbs in the active voice are in the [[#Ergative|ergative]].
Subjects of verbs in the active voice are in the [[#Ergative|ergative]].


=====Middle voice=====
====Middle voice====
The middle voice is extremely widespread and productive. Its marker is '''-ŧ-''' with allophonic '''-đ-''' and accompanying [[#Morphophonology|morphophonological effects]].
The middle voice is extremely widespread and productive. Its marker is '''-ŧ-''' with allophonic '''-đ-''' and accompanying [[#Morphophonology|morphophonological effects]].


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Subjects of verbs in the middle voice from examples 1-6 are in the [[#Ergative|ergative]], while subjects in example 7 are in the [[#Telic|telic]].
Subjects of verbs in the middle voice from examples 1-6 are in the [[#Ergative|ergative]], while subjects in example 7 are in the [[#Telic|telic]].


=====Passive voice=====
====Passive voice====
The passive voice is used for the following:
The passive voice is used for the following:
*when the subject is the patient of a transitive action
*when the subject is the patient of a transitive action
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