Re: (In)transitive verbs
| From: | Muke Tever <hotblack@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, February 8, 2004, 7:38 |
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On Fri, 6 Feb 2004 14:19:21 -0800, Costentin Cornomorus
<elemtilas@...> wrote:
> --- Philippe Caquant <herodote92@...>
> wrote:
>
>> So what is transitivity ? What is
>> intransitivity ?
>> What is a transitive verb, and what not ? It is
>> all
>> just external appearance and illusion, my
>> brothers.
>
> Only if, like English, your language doesn't care
> one way or the other. A language such as Trebor
> is trying to create, where transitivity is a
> marked thing, it becomes everything but illusion.
ObConlang:
In Kirumb, verbs inflect differently in transitive phrases than
intransitive ones.
Ióvannás silfic Mariaŋ
"John is helping Mary"
Ióvanní silfití
"John is helping"
*Muke!
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