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Example 75-220
Namo wihkomikaashow.
Namo
neg
wihkom-ikaasho-w.
invite-
pass
-3
She had not been invited. OR: She is not invited.
Comment:
This is a passive construction without overt agent. The animate suffix
-ikaasho-
seems to be compiled of the inverse suffix
-iku-
and the reflexive suffix
-isho-
.
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Fleury 2007
Language:
Michif
by
Peter Bakker
cite
Datapoints:
Passive constructions: Typical passive construction
Negative morpheme types: Negative particle
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