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Re: Active and Passive please help.

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Tuesday, December 18, 2001, 9:25
En réponse à David Peterson <DigitalScream@...>:

> In a message dated 12/16/01 1:51:30 PM, fortytwo@GDN.NET writes: > > << Or a passive, as in Spanish, "Se llama John", "He calls himself John" > >> > > Reflexive, of course, is what you mean, no? ~:D >
Except that if it had a reflexive meaning, it would mean that the man chose himself a name, which is usually not the case. So the form may use a reflexive pronoun, but its meaning is not reflexive at all. Christophe. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr Take your life as a movie: do not let anybody else play the leading role.

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