Re: Nouns with arguments, verbs without arguments
From: | Iain E. Davis <feaelin@...> |
Date: | Thursday, April 10, 2003, 18:42 |
Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> (usually an affix in the case of those languages). My
> Chasmäöcho has mandatory possessed nouns. They usually refer
> to parts of the body or family members, and to refer to the
> noun without a possessor, you use the 3rd person plural
> possessive affix on them (IIRC).
Interesting. To use a morbid example, If I'm walking down a street and find
some random body part, I couldn't say:
I found a leg in the street today.
^^^^^
I'd have to say something like:
I found someone's leg in the stree today.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Correct?
Iain