----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Haden" <magwich78@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2003 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: A Survey
> Thank you all for your answers so far!
>
> On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 18:12:15 +0100, Joe <joe@...> wrote:
>
> >To use an example from a while ago(Optional bits in brackets):
> >
> >Active - Robert cooks (the soup).
> >Middle - The soup cooks.
> >Passive - The soup is being cooked (by Robert).
>
> It seems to me that the Middle and Passive examples are more closely
> related to each other than either are to the Active. Is it possible/a
good
> idea to have simply an active vs. medio-passive distinction? For example:
>
> Se mucta pekse.
> /sE 'mUStA 'pEksE/
> he soup cook
> He cooks the soup.
>
> vs.
>
> Mucta pekser.
> /'mUStA 'pEksEr/
> soup cook=mediopassive
> The soup cooks. ~ The soup is being cooked.
>
> You could having a meaning more similar to English "The soup is cooked by
> him" by including the subject with an instrumental postposition:
>
> Mucta se da pekser.
> /'mUStA sE dA 'pEksEr/
> soup he by cook=mediopassive
> The soup is (being) cooked by him.
>
> What do you think?
I'm not sure, but I believe PIE was said to have that...
> - Rob
>