Alternation ‘potential’ (Coded)

The potential predicate is formed through suffixation of the potential suffixes /e/ and /rare/. The allomorph is determined by the phonological shape of the verb root. When the verb root ends with a consonant, /e/ is selected. For the other cases /rare/ is selected. The potential construction describes the ability of the agent. The agent is case-marked with the experiencer case particle =ngani. The case-marking of the internal argument is the same as that of the corresponding active sentence. A consequence of the existence of the potential construction is the high productivity of the oblique subject constructions in this dialect.

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