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Re: preferred voices?

From:Irina Rempt <ira@...>
Date:Sunday, September 24, 2000, 7:09
I wrote:

> val.nute custien lea disut > king.child-nom-s frog-ill-s IMP change-PRT-3s
Having noticed that the impersonal construction takes only objects, I realize that the prince should also be an object:
> val.nutea custien lea disut > king.child-acc-s frog-ill-s IMP change-PRT-3s
"The prince (was) turned into a frog" After all, other impersonal constructions also do this: Athlea lea furat Athal-acc-s IMP name-PRS-3s "Athal is his name" Irina -- Varsinen an laynynay, saraz no arlet rastynay. irina@valdyas.org (myself) http://www.valdyas.org/irina/valdyas