[YG Conlang Archives] > [ceqli group] > messages [Date Index] [Thread Index] >
A quick question for the group. Should Txeqli mimic Mandarin thus: Go dorm. I sleep. Go dorm zi. I put you to sleep. Go djoy. I'm happy. Go djoy zi. I make you happy. That is, convert an intransitive to a transitive simply by adding an object? Of course, we'd retain a way to make a verb unequivocally transitive, like Go dormfa zi. or Go fa zi dorm. And now I'm wondering if my recent pronouncement that 'kaw' can mean cause and not mean igi is wrong. -- >PLEASE NOTE MY NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS: rmay@hidden.email > Rex F. May (Baloo) > Daily cartoon at: http://www.cnsnews.com/cartoon/baloo.asp > Buy my book at: http://www.kiva.net/~jonabook/gdummy.htm > Language site at: http://www.geocities.com/ceqli/Uploadexp.htm