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= THE REFLEXIV =

The reflexiv form is the same as the activ voice with the addition of -ok.

Vat&uuml;kob, I wash. Vat&uuml;kobok, I wash myself.

An equivalent expression, sometimes used, is Vat&uuml;kob obi.

Vat&uuml;komok or vat&uuml;kom oki, he washes himself. (Vat&uuml;kom omi would mean he washes him, two different persons.)

In the plural the s usually follows the ok, but may be made to precede it, if that form is thought more euphonious. Vat&uuml;koboks, or vat&uuml;kobsok, we wash ourselvs. Vat&uuml;komoks, they wash themselvs. If the object is exprest by a separate pronoun in the plural it is translated "each other." L&ouml;fomoks, they love themselvs; L&ouml;foms okis, they love each other. L&ouml;fobsok, we love ourselvs; L&ouml;fobs obis, we love each other.