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15. Abang
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ka qeu-Jak-(*qeu-)bloe daweuet.
Elder brother PERF 3r-go 3--buy ink
Elder brother has gone to buy some Ink.'
16. Baro ji-meurunoe jak.
Just 3y-learn walk
'It (baby) is beginning to learn to walk.'
17. Pakbn h'an ka-lakee-jak ngon gopnyan?
Why NEG 2y-ask go with he/she-
'Why didn't you ask to go with him/her?'
Since serialized verbs function as a single verb,
sentences with these verbs behave very much like simple
sentences. Passive is formed in the same way as forming
passive from a simple sentence; the object is placed in.the
subject position and the subject in a is-phrase, which can
be omitted. This is how the passive sentences (3) and (6)
are formed. Other active-passive pairs:
18. a) Ureueng nyan qeu-neuk-cet rumoh geutanyoe.
Person that 3r-want paint house we^--
That person is going to paint our house.'
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b) Rumoh geutanyoe qeu-neuk=cet le ureueng nyan.
House we^jj- 3r-want paint by person that
'Our house is going to be painted by that
person.'