Re: LONG: Another new lang

Dans un courrier dat=E9 du 26/10/99 02:00:34  , Nik a =E9crit :

> > Transitive Verb
>  > Subject - Ergative
>  > Verb - Inflected for Subject
>  > Object - Absolute
>  >=20
>  > Ditransitive Verb
>  > Subject - Volitive
>  > Indirect Object - Ergative
>  > Verb - Inflected for Indirect Object
>  > Direct Object - Absolute
> =20
>  Hmm, same case for agent of a transitive sentence AND dative?  Very
>  strange.
> =20
i like it.=20
japanese does that too in some way :
the clitic "ni" is used to show plain locative,
agentive and any third object - dative included :

sensei wa gakusei ni oshieru.
teacher teaches to student.

gakusei wa sensei ni oshierareru.
student is taught to by teacher.

yama wa hito ni mieru.
the man can see a mountain.

but it is still not used to show transitive subject.


mathias