Re: Mediopassive/labile verbs; was: very confused - syntax question

On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, Irina Rempt-Drijfhout wrote:

> Radan na  learne  le  grelat
> Radan NEG himself RFL shaves
>
> "Radan doesn't shave himself" (i.e. someone else shaves him)
It's three weeks ago but I can't let the grammatical error slip by:

Radan ni  learne  na  le  grelat
Radan NEG himself NEG RFL shaves

where _ni_ is the negation for anything except verbs, and _na_ is the
verbal negation. Both are required; _na_ is a bit more required than
_ni_.

   Irina

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