Re: Test for middle voice?
From: | Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> |
Date: | Sunday, November 20, 2005, 23:09 |
Hi!
Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> writes:
>...
> Yes, that's one way to say it in German. It doesn't sound strange in
> any way: 'Tee trinkt sich leichter als Wasser, wenn man eine Erkältung
> hat.' I'd say it sounds a bit more formal than the slightly more
> common way to say it: 'Tee läßt sich leichter als Wasser trinken ...',
> i.e., using the auxiliary 'lassen'.
Thinking of it again, I think the most natural way (in spoken language
at least) would be to say: 'Tee kann man besser trinken als Wasser,
...'.
However...
**Henrik