Re: Transitivity marking on verbs.

Hi!

Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> writes:
> I'm musing on whether it would be out of character
> for a natlang to mark the or n-transitivity of a
> verb.  This is of course related to my question on
> the arising of prepositions.
Tok Pisin marks transitivity with the suffix '-im' on the verb:

   Mi rid.
   I  read.

   Mi ridim buk.
   I  read  book.

**Henrik