Re: Subject / Object / ?

En réponse à Jeffrey Henning :


>On Sun, 12 Sep 2004 13:39:16 +0200, Rodlox <Rodlox@...> wrote:
>
> > what is the difference between Subjects, Objects, and something that might
>be confused with them?
>
>Think about them as describing the role of a noun phrase in relation to the
>verb.
Is Rodlox American? Is the education system where he lives so bad?

I mean, those are notions I learned in first year of primary school (age 6) 
and used throughout my education in French, English and Spanish classes.

This is nothing against Rodlox. He isn't responsible if he wasn't given 
that information before. But I shudder at the kind of education that leaves 
such simple (and necessary if you want to be able to even begin analysing a 
sentence) notions out.

A quick lesson using English:

I run: "I" is the subject of the verb "run".

I see the man: "I" is the subject of the verb "see", "the man" its object.

Those are the main ones. I'll let others without the filter of French 
grammar (which I think classifies things a bit differently from English 
grammar) to add on this.

Note however that the concepts of subject, object, etc... were made mainly 
for Western Indo-European languages, and don't always map nicely onto other 
languages. Even among European languages, there is already some variation.

Christophe Grandsire.

http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr

You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang. 

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