Ray Brown wrote:
> On Saturday, April 30, 2005, at 04:14 , Herman Miller wrote:
>> sera magwá no fulgha-t zaghi-t
>> resemble fog-ABS with soup-GEN peas-GEN
>> "the fog resembles pea soup" (intransitive, with "fog" as subject)
>>
>> alternatively
>> sera magwá-t fulgha zaghi-t
>> resemble fog-GEN soup-ABS peas-GEN
>> "the fog resembles pea soup" (genitive as subject)
>
>
> Interesting - I think I prefer the second version. The 'with' relationship
> seems to me a bit strained in the 1st version.
A couple of other Minza verbs use "with" in this way (e.g. "noni" = "to
be related")
non -u tuök no ghul-at
related-PF dog with wolf-GEN
"dogs are related to wolves"
But it seems that most Minza verbs that use "with" can be rephrased to
use "and" ("dogs and wolves are related"). "Resemble" doesn't fit that
pattern.