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