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Re: Active again.

From:Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
Date:Wednesday, May 21, 2003, 0:28
Hi!

Amanda Babcock <langs@...> writes:
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> > She:AGT hit him:PAT and [he:PAT] fell down. > > This prompts the question, if you're still working on this: how do > you write "She ran and fell down"?
I had to ask myself the same question for Tyl Sjok, which marks AGT and PAT in the same way. In English, you have passive voice for this. OTOH, Tyl Sjok can compound easily: (Someone) hit him + he fell into (hit and fell) he.PAT. To compound this in English, you use a different voice (possive) and so would probably an active language do (if available). Up to now, I did not introduce a voice system into Tyl Sjok, because I keep that language maximally simple. The question was for Daniel, of course. :-) (I did not read his post since I rejoined after April 1st :-) ) **Henrik