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Re: same verb for "to X" and "to cause someone to X"

• From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
• Subject: Re: same verb for "to X" and "to cause someone to X"
• Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 21:06:05 -0600 (CST)
• In-Reply-To: <[email protected]>

SuStel wrote:

|meQtaHbogh qachDaq Suv qoH neH.
|Only a fool fights in a burning house.  (TKW p.111)
|
|This one uses {meQ} intransitively.  That is, the subject of {meQ} is the
|thing that is on fire.
|
|I seem to remember an instance in KGT, but I cannot locate it right now.

	to'waQ meQ vutwI'
	The cook burns the tendon.  (a bad thing! KGT p.191)

{meQ} here works just like {mIQ} "deep-fry" -- both transitive:  

	to'waQ mIQ vutwI'
	The cook deep-fries the tendon. (a good thing! KGT p.191)

(This is in the section which alerts the prospective tourist to the dangers
of improper or just plain careless pronunciation.)


Voragh

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