[86751] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: intuition and grammar (was Re: Ditransitive reflexives)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Terrence Donnelly)
Sat Oct 31 17:38:14 2009
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:34:58 -0700 (PDT)
From: Terrence Donnelly <terrence.donnelly@sbcglobal.net>
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
In-Reply-To: <1cb7130b0910311317u3c181fa2nf65ecc02ef8a03c7@mail.gmail.com>
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--- On Sat, 10/31/09, Tracy Canfield <toastrix@gmail.com> wrote:
> So far as is known, -chuq can only be
> used with direct objects, not indirect
> objects - so sayeth the experts.
Actually, only used with subjects; verbs with {-chuq} have no objects.
I wish we'd get off this "ditransitive" topic, which has really had no relevance to this discussion for a long time, especially to someone who, like me, doesn't really buy the notion of ditransitive verbs in English, in the first place.
-- ter'eS
