Theiling Online    Sitemap    Conlang Mailing List HQ   

Re: Passive and active....

From:Patrick Dunn <tb0pwd1@...>
Date:Tuesday, December 28, 1999, 6:06
> On Sun, 26 Dec 1999 23:20:55 -0800, Barry Garcia > <Barry_Garcia@...> wrote: > > >So, how do all of your languages handle active and passive voice, if at > >all?
Hatasoe uses the infix -te- to turn active verbs into passive (stative) verbs, and vice versa. So: mesha = to love metesha = to be loved nehasa = to be good nehatesa = to make good The agent of a passive sentence is indicated with the preposition aza, "by means of". Hence: odumesha mato-dunkano I love Matthew Duncan (and ain't I stupid for it?) or ometesha aza Mato-Dunkano I am loved by Matthew Duncan (and don't I wish?) With a passive (stative) verb, the use of -te- is somewhat different. okalaka I am evil. Mato-Duncano sakalateka Matthew Duncan makes me evil. (all love does, especially unrequited -- take notes, now) These aren't the only voices I have. There's also a reflexive infix -lu- mesha = to love melusha = to love oneself And the emphatic e- -e- construction: mesha = to love emeesha = to adore nehasa = to be good enehaesa = to be excellent