Re: A Survey

Rob Haden wrote:
> I'm curious to see everyone's answers to the following questions:
>
> 1. Does your language(s) distinguish between active ("X breaks Y"), middle
> ("X breaks (apart)"), and passive ("X is broken (by Y)")?
>
> 2. If the answer to #1 was "yes," what method(s) does your language(s) use
> to make some/all of the above distinctions?
>
> 3. What method(s) does your language(s) use to distinguish between basic
> nouns and verbs of the same root (i.e. "a hit" vs. "he hits")?
I inadvertently left off the default verb form:
Right now the same roots that can be used to build nouns only need an
'infinitive' ending to make them verbs. There are 2 endings (based only
on which one I like for a particular root, there is no difference in
conjugation between the two endings): -ayr and -eyr. The conjugation
scheme is based on the animacy of the subject/agent, and not the
infinitive ending.



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