| 31. | Absolutive case is used for patients of transitive verbs and subjects of intransitive verbs.
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| 32. | Some verbs ( called transitive verbs ) take direct objects; some also take indirect objects.
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| 33. | This increases verb valency through the transformation of intransitive verb stems into transitive verb stems.
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| 34. | There is a transitive series, used with transitive verbs.
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| 35. | Generally, most transitive verbs become unergatives when the object is removed; these are accusative verbs.
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| 36. | For instance, the paradigm for a transitive verb with a CVC root is as follows:
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| 37. | The same pattern holds for transitive verbs as well.
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| 38. | Aspect is unusual in ASL in that transitive verbs derived for aspect lose their transitivity.
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| 39. | A way to identify a transitive verb is to invert the sentence, making it passive.
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| 40. | Aspect is unusual in ASL in that transitive verbs derived for aspect lose their grammatical transitivity.
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