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conjugation [2019/04/17 11:38]
ob [Additional remarks]
conjugation [2020/03/06 15:17]
ob [Verb forms] mor20 (-a)
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   * formed by appending the suffix **-a** to the stem   * formed by appending the suffix **-a** to the stem
   * like in Swedish and Icelandic   * like in Swedish and Icelandic
 +  * references: [[References#more20|mor20]] 
 + 
 == Open questions == == Open questions ==
 Should a special infinitive marker be used like the English //to// (//to run//), German //zu//, Norwegian //å//, Swedish //att//, ...? Should a special infinitive marker be used like the English //to// (//to run//), German //zu//, Norwegian //å//, Swedish //att//, ...?
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 ==== Inchoative and Causative Verbs and the Middle Voice ==== ==== Inchoative and Causative Verbs and the Middle Voice ====
  
-We should consider the issues of inchoative (becoming) versus causative (making) verbs, and very similarly, the middle voice. If you know Esperanto, this corresponds to //igxi// and //igi//. The big question is: do we copy (mostly) the natlangs and just use the same verb-formsor do we make the distinction?+We should consider the issues of inchoative (becoming) versus causative (making) verbs, and very similarly, the middle voice. If you know Esperanto, this corresponds to //igxi// and //igi//. The big question is: do we copy (mostly) the natlangs and just use the same verb-forms (i.e. they are "ergative" verbs) or do we make the distinction?
  
 I think it's dodgy to use adjectives directly as verbs. The provisional causative suffix is **-en**, so an example causative-verb phrase is: //ik troken de plat// (I'm drying the plate). For the inchoative version, the options are: I think it's dodgy to use adjectives directly as verbs. The provisional causative suffix is **-en**, so an example causative-verb phrase is: //ik troken de plat// (I'm drying the plate). For the inchoative version, the options are:
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