Re: Quryak (Was:Re: Another Orthography Question)

On Sat, 21 Nov 1998, Mathias M. Lassailly wrote:

> Ferenc wrote :
>
>
> > > when the direct object is indefinite.  Intransitive verbs only allow the
> > > "-ok" form:
> > >
> > >         Fut-ok
> > >         run-1sg
> > >         "I run"
> > >
> > > "Futom" is no good.  Do I have my facts correct here?  I don't really
> > > know much about Hungarian, other than what I've read in linguistics
> > > articles...
> >
> > Futom a versenyt.  = I run the race.
> >
> > It works fine.
>
> What is *a* ? I mean : is it that *fut* becomes transitive
 (as you say above that verbs are either trans/intrans) or is it that lative and
 locative may be rendered as a direct object like in Japanese :
> araku : I walk
> yama wo aruku : *I walk the mountain (acc)
> ?
*a* is the definite article

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