Re: linguistics questions
| From: | Jim Henry <jimhenry1973@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, March 31, 2008, 20:54 |
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On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 2:47 PM, Campbell Nilsen <cactus95@...> wrote:
> How is the passive voice formed in French? Surely the distinction, at least in
> intransitive sentances, needs to be made.
With an inflected form of être + a passive participle of the verb.
> If I put my toungue between my upper lip and upper teeth, I can form nasals and
> plosives, and without my tongue, fricatives. Not only are there no IPA
> symbols, this POA doesn't even seem to have a name. As it may be used in a
> future conlang, this is not good.
Hm. Supralabiodental?
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Jim Henry
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