Re: Ergative?
| From: | Frank George Valoczy <valoczy@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, September 27, 2001, 16:14 |
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On Thu, 27 Sep 2001, Matthew Kehrt wrote:
> Nono!
> Sorry I confused you. 'Boy' is not in the mystery case, which means, I
> guess, that it's instrumental.
>
> Here is a simple interlinear; I hope it clears things up:
>
> Éyaverog silen negeth.
> Jabberwock-accusative boy-nom kill-past-3rd
>
> Ilelés éyaverog silen negeth.
> Sword-mystery jabberwock-accusative boy-nom kill-past-3rd
>
To me this sounds like Hungarian instrumental:
karddal a katona't mego:lte a fiu
sword-COM def art soldier-ACC kill-3ps PAST def art boy
The boy killed the soldier with a sword.