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Re: (In)transitive verbs

From:Muke Tever <hotblack@...>
Date:Sunday, February 8, 2004, 7:38
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! -- http://frath.net/ E jer savne zarjé mas ne http://kohath.livejournal.com/ Se imné koone'f metha http://kohath.deviantart.com/ Brissve mé kolé adâ.