Re: Nouns with arguments, verbs without arguments

Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> writes:
> En réponse à Nik Taylor <yonjuuni@...>:
> > Spanish verbs like _llover_ (I think that's the word) have no
> > arguments,
> But they can take an optional direct object, like the French equivalents!
> Herman was specifically referring to verbs that *can't* take *any* argument
Are there really such verbs, that colloquial use cannot make
transitive? I'd thought of |llover| too, but then there's this
usage that allows a direct object (as in English). I thought
harder and there's |dormir| 'sleep', but not surprisingly, you
can say |dormir una siesta| 'take a nap'. Same for any
intransitive verb I can imagine, at least in Spanish.


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