Re: Medio-passive (was: A Survey)
| From: | Rob Haden <magwich78@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, October 2, 2003, 21:28 |
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On Thu, 2 Oct 2003 19:36:29 +0100, Ray Brown <ray.brown@...> wrote:
>No - both the Greek middle voice & the modern Romance reflexives can
>take direct objects, i.e. can be transitive:
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>tas kheiras louomai.
>je me lave les mains.
Hmm. However, I think that in Spanish it would be "lavo los manos." Is it
possible that in those examples of the middle voice that you gave, that the
idea is doing something for one's own benefit? Would you say "tas sou
kheiras louomai"?
- Rob
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