Re: Sensible passives (was: confession: roots)

On Tue, 8 May 2001 15:24:36 -0400 Roger Mills <romilly@...> writes:
> Is there any  natlang in which the basic verb is transitive
> {BORN}[agt
> (pat)]-- "Ethel BORN-ed" = Ethel had a baby, Ethel gave birth
> "Ethel BORN-ed Seymour" = E. gave birth to S. with passive "Seymour
> be-BORN-ed by Ethel" = S. was born to/of Ethel, S. was given birth
> to by Ethel--
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Maybe Dan Sulani could explain the Hebrew verbs _yalad_, _nolad_,
_holid_... i tried to figure out how they fit the different roles, but
couldn't figure it out.


-Stephen (Steg)
 "Lympyyzh dy sangry?  Lympyyzh dy dt!"
     ~ unofficial national motto of "Mueva Sefarad"