Voice
: voice
Values: | Cau | Stat |
Voice is typically a feature of verbs.
Cau
: causative voice
The causative form of a verb adds a participant to its dependency frame.
Examples
- koː naː yi kwaːnaː kà tassheː ni // “Even if I am sleeping, wake me up.” (lit: “make me get up”)
Stat
: stative voice
The stative participle of a verb functions as an adverb.
Examples
- giːwàːyeː sunàː tsàye suː dà yawàː // “There were many elephants standing there”
Voice in other languages: [abq] [am] [arr] [bej] [bg] [bor] [ceb] [cs] [el] [eme] [en] [fi] [fr] [gn] [gub] [ha] [hu] [hy] [jaa] [ka] [ky] [myu] [qpm] [qtd] [quc] [ru] [sv] [tl] [tpn] [tr] [tt] [u] [uk] [urb] [urj] [xcl]