> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 23:41:45 -0400
> From: Rob Haden <magwich78@...>
> Subject: A Survey
>
> I'm curious to see everyone's answers to the following questions:
>
> 1. Does your language(s) distinguish between active ("X breaks Y"), middle
> ("X breaks (apart)"), and passive ("X is broken (by Y)")?
The active is distinguished, but the middle and passive are not seperate
from each other. However, there is a third form whose meaning is
somewhat dependant on the verb. In the case of "break," the third case
would be something like (X is where Y was broken) or (the X part of Y
was broken).
> 2. If the answer to #1 was "yes," what method(s) does your language(s) use
> to make some/all of the above distinctions?
All the variations above are distinguished by variations of the verb.
> 3. What method(s) does your language(s) use to distinguish between basic
> nouns and verbs of the same root (i.e. "a hit" vs. "he hits")?
Verb can be "nounified" if they are preceeded by the word ast or az.
~Trinsic
> - Rob