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===Verbs===
===Verbs===
Verbs inflect for person, aspect, trigger/voice, and mood, but not for tense. (Daughter languages have periphrastic tense constructions.)
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====
Windermere verbs employ an Austronesian-style trigger system, which are marked with infixes.
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]
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