
Conlangery 139: Ainu (natlang)
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The Three Applicatives of Personal Agreement
The two main ones are a yai, which is a reflexive. So it says that the subject and object are the same. The third applicative is call and mostly marks direction or goal if so. And then finally, you can use an aprafix in ways similar to how you would use a passive in English. It doesn't become the subject. It stays in its object position.
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