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"etymology_text": "Related to më, mu, mua (“me”) and im (“my, mine”). -em is the Tosk and Standard Albanian variant of the Gheg personal suffix -na (“I, me”). The suffix -em (“I, me”) indicates the 1st person singular, mediopassive, present (same as Gheg -na). Used the same way as Greek verb suffix \"-μαι/-mai\" (also 1st pers., sg., mediopassive, indicative, present).",
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}
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"used to form the 1st person singular present tense of verbs in mediopassive voice (indicative mood)."
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"(personal suffix) used to form the 1st person singular present tense of verbs in mediopassive voice (indicative mood)."
],
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{
"examples": [
{
"text": "active bëj (“I do, make, appear”) + h (mediopassive marker) + -em → mediopassive bëhem (“I become, turn into”)"
},
{
"text": "active zbeh (“I make white(er), pale(er)”) + -em → mediopassive zbehem (“I'm getting pale(er), white(er)”)"
}
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{
"examples": [
{
"text": "adjective shkurt (“short”) + o-stem + h (mediopassive marker) + -em → mediopassive verb shkurtohem (“I become shorter”)"
}
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"Forms mediopassive verbs from adjectives"
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"ipa": "[ɛm]"
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"etymology_text": "Related to më, mu, mua (“me”) and im (“my, mine”). -em is the Tosk and Standard Albanian variant of the Gheg personal suffix -na (“I, me”). The suffix -em (“I, me”) indicates the 1st person singular, mediopassive, present (same as Gheg -na). Used the same way as Greek verb suffix \"-μαι/-mai\" (also 1st pers., sg., mediopassive, indicative, present).",
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{
"text": "active bëj (“I do, make, appear”) + h (mediopassive marker) + -em → mediopassive bëhem (“I become, turn into”)"
},
{
"text": "active zbeh (“I make white(er), pale(er)”) + -em → mediopassive zbehem (“I'm getting pale(er), white(er)”)"
}
],
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}
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}
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