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Re: Help! Verb agreement

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Thursday, September 28, 2000, 2:04
DOUGLAS KOLLER wrote:
> I presume here, but I think Matt may consider "ian" the subject of the above > sentence (correct me if I'm wrong, Matt), whence his dilemma.
Looks to me like it's simply a case of absolutive marking on nouns, but accusative marking on verbs. That's not uncommon. -- Dievas dave dantis; Dievas duos duonos God gave teeth; God will give bread - Lithuanian proverb ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor