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=Lesson 2|Prefixes and Verb Derivation= | =Lesson 2|Prefixes and Verb Derivation= | ||
==Verb Derivation== | |||
High Valyrian features three forms of common verbal prefixes. | |||
The '''instrumental passive''' describes actions from inanimate grammatical subjects, like "the knife cur the man." | |||
The '''oblique applicative''' promotes an indirect object, a noun in the ''dative case'', to the direct object, in the ''accusative case''. | |||
The '''locative applicative''' promotes the object of an adpositional phrase to a type of indirect object. | |||
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Lesson 2|Prefixes and Verb Derivation
Verb Derivation
High Valyrian features three forms of common verbal prefixes.
The instrumental passive describes actions from inanimate grammatical subjects, like "the knife cur the man."
The oblique applicative promotes an indirect object, a noun in the dative case, to the direct object, in the accusative case.
The locative applicative promotes the object of an adpositional phrase to a type of indirect object.