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I have a sentence as an example:

Patient Trigger

Gipalit nako ang mangga.

Agent Trigger

Nipalit ko ug mangga.

I don't understand the contrast.

IMO Patient trigger is default and is used for talking about an actual event than agent trigger which talks about as if it is narrated.

Now why does they tell these languages uses passive voice as the main voice?

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  • Which language is that? Many Austronesian languages have a voice system that isn't best labelled as "active/passive".
    – curiousdannii ♦
    Commented Nov 2, 2017 at 5:56
  • It is Bisaya/Cebuano. It is the largest language in the Philippines.
    – go je jo
    Commented Nov 2, 2017 at 11:26

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