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BestATN@hidden.email wrote: > > In several cases this "it" is ambiguous (menafea/naze, vompu, votimpu) > because it could refer to the water, coat, and sweater mentioned > previously in the sentence instead of being simply the (empty) subject > of the weather verb "be hot". > You should NEVER use middle voice if the subject has already been stated! Instead, either use an anaphor or repeat the referent. Middle is used ONLY when the subject has not been explicitly stated but is either generic or known from context. This means that there can be times when the unspecified subject is ambiguous. For example, if you and a friend are swimming in a lake, and you say "Mamensanta", you could be referring to either the water or the air. Regards, Rick Morneau http://www.srv.net/~ram http://www.eskimo.com/~ram