Re: My new conlang

>From: Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
>Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 13:21:02 +0100
>
>En réponse à Adam Walker <dreamertwo@...>:
>
> > > >
> > > > Are there any natlangs that have no transitive verbs?
> > >
> > >Tagalog! With its trigger system, it can very easily be argued that it
> > has
> > >no
> > >transitive verbs, or rather, that the category of transitivity vs.
> > >intransivity
> > >doesn't apply to them.
> > >
> >
> > Well, I'm talking about NO verbs which can allow two arguments.  No DO
> > no IO
> > no predicate compliments -- nothing.
> >
>
>Me too! In Tagalog the only core argument in verbs is the trigger. All the
>other ones have oblique marking using prepositions, and are optional. So no
>verb in Tagalog needs two core arguments. That's enough to say that they
>are
>all intransitive isn't it?
>
>Christophe.
>
I'm still not making myself clear.  Too many days since I last slept.  I
mean the verbs will not permit a seond argument of ANY type.  You could not
even say "He went to the store," sine NOTHING zipo nada is allowed in that
slot.  NO arguement of ANY kind, not even in a prepositional phrase.  In
fact, IIRC, that lang didn't have prepositions.  It's been a loooong time
sice I worked on it.  In Tagolog no verb *needs* two arguments.  In my lang
no verb was ALLOWED two arguments.  In fact you couldn't even have a
compound subject.

Adam

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