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Verb applicative
A verb applicative is a morpheme that increases the valency of a verb by adding a new core argument to it. The new argument is a former complement.
For example:
- Original: "The cat sleeps on the mat."
- Applicated: *"The cat onsleeps the mat."
- Passive applicated: *"The mat is onslept (by the cat)."
Tagalog, like other Filipino languages, has a curious system (called a trigger system) that allows multiple kinds of applicatives on verbs to specify different roles for the main argument.
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