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The antipassive works on Transitive Verb s by deleting the Object (marked with the Absolutive Case ) and changing the subject from Ergative to absolutive. :"Mary-ERG eats pie-ABS." → "Mary-ABS eats." :"He-ERG is telling the truth-ABS." → "He-ABS is talking." As with passive voice, the deleted argument can be re-introduced as an optional complement or oblique Argument . :"Mary-ERG eats pie-ABS." → "Mary-ABS eats ''from the pie''." EXAMPLES FROM BASQUE Basque has an antipassive voice, which puts the subject into the absolutive case, but does not delete the absolutive object. This leads to the subject and object being in the same case. Gauza miragarriak ikhusi ditut (nik) :thing wonderful-PL-ABS see-PERF have-PRES-PL-I (I-ERG) :I have seen wonderful things. when transformed using the antipassive voice, becomes: Gauza miragarriak ikhusirik nago / ikhusia naiz :thing wonderful-PL-ABS see-PERF-STAT am / see-PERF-ACT am
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