Re: Transitivity with the reflexive and reciprocal

Trebor Jung wrote:

> Merhaba!
>
> Are the verbs in these two sentences transitive or intransitive? They
> seem to be transitive, but since what's after the verb basically
> repeats the subject, I'm not sure.
>
> They fight with each other.
> He washes himself.

The latter is transitive.  The former is intransitive.  If the former
was just 'they fight each other', then it would be transitive.

>
> --Trebor