Re: Lost in Space....err, Time
| From: | JOEL MATTHEW PEARSON <mpearson@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, February 4, 1999, 20:07 |
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On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Nik Taylor wrote:
> > Compare "I shot the moose" with
> > "I shot at the moose". My guess is that in Watya'i'sa, the
> > first sentence would appear in active, while the second
> > sentence would be in the antipassive.
>
> Hmm ... possibly. I've been wondering how I would distinguish those.
I think you should use the antipassive. After all, that's what
*other* languages with antipassives do. Peer pressure, peer
pressure... :-)
Matt.