tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon May 08 07:43:31 1995
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KLBC I'm confused (was: Re: Transitivity)
- From: [email protected] (Steve Weaver)
- Subject: KLBC I'm confused (was: Re: Transitivity)
- Date: Mon, 8 May 1995 10:43:39 -0500
Mon, 8 May 1995 09:10:59 -0400 ghItlh *'Iwvan *ghunchu'wI' je:
>On Mon, 8 May 1995 08:18:13 -0400, ghunchu'wI' said:
>
>> {jIHoH} means "I kill." This also implies "I am a killer."
>> The difference between transitive and not can be transformed
>> into a difference between stative and active! {Sop} works the same way.
>> {jISop} "I eat" or "I am an eater."
>
>That's true, but stative does not imply intransitive. Consider
>{Ha'DIbaH vISop} `I eat meat' (`I am a meat-eater', `I am not a
>vegetarian'), which is also stative.
>
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Would these not require the {-wI'} suffix (one who is, one who does, thing
which does) ?? ie, {jIHoH} "I kill", {jIHoHwI'} "I am a killer". Much like
the "person" ending in ASL to make "Bake" into "Baker" (a person who bakes)
??
vay' yIHub Hoch 'ej Hoch tIHub vay'
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