Re: mediopassive voice: huh?

Quoting Robert Jung <RobertMJung@...>:

> What is the mediopassive voice? What are its functions; examples too
> please.
The mediopassive voice is a voice that covers both passive uses:
I was seen; I wasn't injured; I will not be overcasked!

and middle uses:
I saw myself; I didn't injure myself; I will not overcask myself!
We saw ourselves; we didn't injure ourselves; we will not overcask ourselves!

Basically it covers verbs that are passive and that can also be reflexive (ie,
reflecting the subject's actions back on itself, or reflecting the actions of
a group back onto itself.).

Hpe this helps.

Wesley Parish


"I me.  Shape middled me.  I would come out into hot!"
I from the spicy that day was overcasked mockingly - it's a symbol of the
other horizon.

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