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===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||
Windermere verbs inflect for person, aspect, trigger/voice, and mood, but not for tense. (Daughter languages have periphrastic tense constructions, and use aspect and trigger affixes derivationally.) | |||
The trigger system is a Tagalog-style trigger system, with the focus on the direct case argument. | |||
====Personal inflection==== | ====Personal inflection==== | ||
The personal affixes are prefixes, and they index the direct case argument. For example: | The personal affixes are prefixes, and they index the direct case argument. For example: | ||
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====Trigger==== | ====Trigger==== | ||
These triggers are most similar to active and passive voices: | These triggers are most similar to active and passive voices: | ||
*''‹ăn›'' = Patient trigger [telic] | *''‹ăn›'' = Patient trigger [telic] | ||