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## Past tense with transitive verbs 😵
Here's where things get interesting. <Link to="/phrase-structure/vp/">Remember</Link>, with non-past tense transitive verbs the *subject* is always the <KingIcon /> of the phrase, leaving the servant <ServantIcon /> role to the object. But **with past tense transitive verbs, the roles are reversed!** With past tense transitive verbs in Pashto:
Here's where things get interesting. <Link to="/phrase-structure/vp/">Remember</Link>, with non-past tense transitive verbs the *subject* is always the king <KingIcon /> of the phrase, leaving the servant <ServantIcon /> role to the object. But **with past tense transitive verbs, the roles are reversed!** With past tense transitive verbs in Pashto:
- The **object** is the <KingIcon /> **king** of the phrase
- The **object** is the **king** <KingIcon /> of the phrase
- The *object* commands the verb!
- The **subject** is the <ServantIcon /> **servant** of the phrase
- The **subject** is the **servant** <ServantIcon /> of the phrase
Also, another weird thing that happens is that the **subject** is inflected.