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Re: Middle voice

From:Frank George Valoczy <valoczy@...>
Date:Friday, September 25, 1998, 22:35
On Fri, 25 Sep 1998, Pablo Flores wrote:

> A question to whoever knows out there: > What is "middle voice" in verbs? > > I know what active and passive voice are, but this is something I've never > imagined. I don't know where I read about it, or what language was mentioned > to have it. If someone could answer and give me an example in any language, > I'd be grateful. > > --Pablo Flores >
Icelandic has it, also called mediopassive. An example: Vidh hittumst i' go:tunni. We met (reflexive) in the street. Basically, it's a reflexive voice. -------ferke Ferenc Gy. Valoczy Es to pilni'gi noliedzu! Tu-134 page: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Museum/7482/ railways page: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/3976/ conlang page: http://members.tripod.com/~tuonela/ Uralica: http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/3259/ Zaradi politicnega delovanja je oblast v letu 1982 razpustila: Svobodo (Laibach)