Re: Georgian

Mark J. Reed wrote at 2006-06-04 21:42:31 (-0400)
 > On 6/4/06, Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> wrote:
 > > However, I don't find this too strange: that morpheme probably
 > > makes a transitive verb intransitive, which isn't strange, if the
 > > lexicon entry for that verb is transitive (a reasonable default
 > > for 'to see').
 >
 > Nope.  The verb stays transitive, but has no object explicitly
 > encoded in the verb form.  In general in Georgian the number and
 > person of both the subject and object are encoded by a verbal
 > affix.  The default object is 3rd person (of indeterminate number).
 > Other affixes change that default, and one option is to remove the
 > object specification altogether.  My comparison to the virama was
 > well-considered.

So how is it transitive?  What kind of construction is this used in?
Isn't it just an antipassive?

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