Re: conjugating by object

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From: "Jake X" <starvingpoet@...>

> > I would need an example of what you describe here, Jake, before I could
> comment.  What do you mean by conjugating verbs by their objects, and
> leaving the objects implied?   Do
> > you mean conjugating verbs by their objects and leaving the subjects
> implied?
> >        "She loved the cat."  How would you do that?
>
> Sorry that I didn't elaborate.  I would state the subject but not the
> object.  The object would be a kind of "trait," as it were, of the verb.
>
> So:
>
> She-NOM loved-3rd-SING-cat.
>
> Is that clear at all?
Well, since you do state the object, in I assume a word that means "cat," I
am still confused.  I think that what you mean is that the verb agrees in
conjugation with "cat" and not "she."  Right?  A better example, since both
"cat" and "she" are in the third singular, would be "She loves all cats,"
where the verb would be plural to agree with "cats."  Is that what you mean?
I see others posting examples of object-conjugated verbs.  But you would
still have to have a word for "cats," right?  How can you leave the object
"implied"?  Unless you mean an object pronoun.

What natural languages do this?  It's fascinating.


Sally Caves
scaves@frontiernet.net
Niffodyr tweluenrem lis teuim imo an
"Even the gods have retractible claws."
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