VAI

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Animate Intransitive (AI) verbs are verbs that only have a subject, no object, and this subject is animate. Examples of AI verbs are teluisi 'I am (thus) named', amalgai 'I dance', and ewi'gigei "I write". AI verbs have eleven possible person/number combinations, which reflect their possible subjects.

VAI table template
↓person / number→ SG DU PL
1 13
12
2
3