Theiling Online    Sitemap    Conlang Mailing List HQ   

Re: Is this a passive?

From:John Leland <leland@...>
Date:Tuesday, July 29, 2003, 19:56
In Rihana-ye the passive is formed by adding the agent suffix -je to the
noun or pronoun which performs the action, and adding the passive suffix
-si to the verb. This parallels usage in Japanese.
Rihana-ye:

Ba tafa go.
Man bird eats. (active)

Tafa ba-je go-si. (passive)
Bird man-by eaten-is.

John Leland