Re: verbs = nouns?

* H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...> [010110 14:31]:
> So "le" can be used with "che1"... but of course, it still seems to apply
> only to verbs and adjectives. So perhaps the stative verb explanation
> really does make sense after all. (Of course, I could claim that "le" in
> such cases simply modify the implicit copula, but I've trouble believing
> myself for that one :-P) OTOH, if adjectives *were* stative verbs, how
> would one explain using a verb with it? E.g.:
>         che1 pien4 hong2le
>         "The car turned red."
> compared with:
>         che1 hong2le
>         Same meaning, less emphatic. ("Car has reddened"?)
SVC? (serial verb construction)


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