Re: Verb order in Montreiano

David Peterson sikayal:

> In a message dated 4/2/01 12:00:07 PM, jaspax@U.WASHINGTON.EDU writes:
>
> << (is this nom/acc
>
> or erg/abs or agt/pat?) >>
>
>     What's the last pair?
Agent-patient, the subject/object pair found in active languages.  Agt/Pat
is a lot sticker than the other two, though, as proved by a flamewar we
had a little while ago on the subject.

Jesse S. Bangs jaspax@u.washington.edu

"If you look at a thing nine hundred and ninety-nine times, you are
perfectly safe; if you look at it the thousandth time, you are in
frightful danger of seeing it for the first time."
--G.K. Chesterton