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use the active voice.

moihé (úebes rezarewú), v. To switch into the active voice, a type of enallage. Generally used poetically to build to a point. This also encapsulates the idea of using a verb that emphasizes the agent of the event as the subject, e.g. describing something with saré ('to perform') preferentially to itré ('to witness').

See inflection scheme: iomanazinení noun
See inflection scheme: sarasí noun
See inflection scheme: zeyetaní noun
See inflection scheme: íomanazinení verb

tags: verb, rhetoric
reverse terms: enallage, use the active voice