"Invert" Natural Recordings by Native Speakers
The word "invert" is a transitive verb, which means it takes a direct object. It typically means to turn something upside down or to reverse the order or direction of something.
Inversive refers to the quality of being inverted or reversed, often in relation to a grammatical structure or expression. In linguistics, an inverse sentence or clause features the order of subject and object reversed, usually to convey a specific meaning or emphasis. For instance, in some languages, an inverse sentence might be used to indicate topicalization or to convey a sense of "it is he that..." instead of the usual "he is...".