Re: An ungothroughsome little riddle...

Nik Taylor:

> jesse stephen bangs wrote:
> > I think that the word "ungothroughsome" in Romanish tonguings
> > would be "intransitive," so I don't understand why you said
> > "an ungothroughsome riddle."
> Impenetrable, I believe.
How come one-place and two-place verbs are called intransitive
and transitive? In what way are they impenetrable and penetrable?

daniel, hoping this isn't an intransitive question. :)

PS. The animal sound presentation is today. Wish me luck!
I'm off to the Swedish mountains for some skiing for a
week on Sunday, so in case someone wants to reach me, the
replies might be a bit delayed.

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