Verse:Tdūrzů/Knench: Difference between revisions

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''Kaht'' 'to take' is used as an auxiliary for the passive:
''Kaht'' 'to take' is used as an auxiliary for the passive:
: ''Kawð i ð'ąnuj men kapwəs.''
: ''Kawð i ð'ąnuj men kapwəs.''
: I was bored by the horse.  
: I was bored to death by the horse.  
: (lit. I took the boredom from the horse)
: (lit. I took the boredom from the horse)
''Ðett'' 'to give' is used as an auxiliary for the causative:
''Ðett'' 'to give' is used as an auxiliary for the causative:
: ''Nawð i ðə pindóməs el kapwəs ąnuj.''  
: ''Nawð i ðə pindóməs el kapwəs ąnuj.''  
: I made the horse bore the farmer.
: I made the horse bore the farmer to death.
: (lit. I gave the horse the farmer to inflict boredom)
: (lit. I gave the horse the farmer to inflict boredom)
In a ''ðett''-causative construction, the more animate object takes the dative preposition ''el''. This connects ditransitives which are causatives of transitives to the basic ditransitive verb 'give'.
In a ''ðett''-causative construction, the more animate object takes the dative preposition ''el''. This connects ditransitives which are causatives of transitives to the basic ditransitive verb 'give'.