Re: THEORY nouns and cases (was: Verbs derived from noun cases)

Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...> wrote:

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takatunu wrote:
> I guess there is nothing to bicker about, but if you refer to "hoshii" I
> wouldn't agree with the term "direct object" since in its hypercorrect use
> this "diret object" should take the subject clitic "ga" like for an
> intransitive verb:
Actually, I was referring to -tai, which *can*, and usually *does*, take
_wo_.
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Pai wo tabetai.  "I want to eat pie".  The morphological adjective
_tabetai_ takes the accussative _pai wo_.  (Although, _pai ga tabetai_
is also legal, just less common)
>>>
OK, so yes: There is something to bicker about. :) Both of us seem to have a
completely different view about this all: To me "pai ga tabetai" is the only
legal form although "pai wo tabetai" is heard and I understand it as making
the whole phrase [pai_wo_taberu] a desiderative--but I don't share your
experience of its being more common.

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