Re: Accusative, Dative, ?

Okay, sorry for the late reply.  My brain has an 8086 in it.

Khathba Joshua Shinavier:

>Well, Arov=EBn allows up to three such patients for any given
>semantic word, all of which may be used as verbs, or as nouns, etc.
>"Jurative", otherwise known simply as "3rd object" is just slot number=20
>three
>in this system, and is not used often.  Take for instance the word "v=EB=
g",
>which indicates a schematic drawing, a map or a plan:
>   Subject: the (physical) map
>   Object 1: the thing being mapped (for instance, a city)
>   Object 2: the focal point of the map -- what it is which the map is
>             meant to pick out and display (for instance, the streets of=
=20
>the
>             city)
>   Object 3: purpose of the map
I just remembered, I got that for Tech.  Verbs, of course, are conjugated=
=20
according to the person, number and gender of the subject, but infixes=20
within the verb indicate the person, number and gender of the direct obje=
ct,=20
the indirect object, and what could be considered a "third object".  This=
 is=20
an adverbian pronoun affix, which can have a number of meanings but usual=
ly=20
indicates a locative, since that's what case it is technically.  But it a=
lso=20
can have a meaning of instrumental or ablative.  All this info is=20
incorporated into the verb complex, as Tech is both inflecting and=20
polysynthetic.

Joshua's "jurative" sounds more like an instrumental to me.  I like that=20
idea anyhow.

Danny


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