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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