Re: Middle voice

Raymond A. Brown scripsit:

> ACTIVE: gameo: = I marry [if I am a man]
> MIDDLE: gamoumai = I marry [if I'm a woman]
Until this century, women did not "marry", they "were married to"
in English, so this usage didn't look so alien.   "Miss Jones was
married to Mr. Smith on Friday."

> The latter suggests that she gets the bloke to do this for her own advantage ;)
Hmm.

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John Cowan                                      cowan@ccil.org
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