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is often omitted in context, or if the agent is unknown or
not important, as in (296).
296. Meusijid nyoe geu-peugbt sireutoh thon nyang
Mosque this 3r-make one-hundred year which
ka leupah.
IN past
'This mosque was built one hundred years ago.'
3) The agent phrase never precedes the verb. Its usual
place is after the verb. When a sentence begins with the
predicate, it is sometimes placed after the postposed
subject.
4) The verb in an Acehnese passive sentence is one of
those that can be followed by either a direct or indirect
object, tulak 'to push' in (295) is an example of verbs that
is followed by a direct object. Verbs that are followed by
an indirect object include such verbs as galak 'to like,'
banci 'to hate,' luwat 'to loathe, to hate,' meuh'eut 'to
want,' etc. These are verbs of Class 2 (4.3), that is, verbs
that are used with an enclitic. The object following these
verbs is usually preceded by the preposition keu 'to, for'
when the sentence is in the active form. This preposition is
omitted when the sentence is passive. Compare the active (a)
and its passive counterpart (b) below.