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--- conjugation [2018/08/27 11:05]
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+++ conjugation [2018/08/27 11:16]
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   * use the verb "become", i.e. //de plat verd trok//
-Regarding the middle voice, this relates to verbs in general. An example verb is "burn" and a pair of example phrases is "the house is burning" and "we're burning the house". The simple scenario of not making a distinction yields these translations: //de hus bren// and //vi bren de hus//. How should we handle these verbs?
+Regarding the middle voice, this relates to verbs in general. An example verb is "burn" and a pair of example phrases is "the coal is burning" and "we're burning the coal". The simple scenario of not making a distinction yields these translations: //de kol bren// and //vi bren de kol//. How should we handle these verbs?
 ==== Additional remarks ====
   * mostly it is proposed to make all verbs regular, except for the one for //to be//

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