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Transitive and intransitive verbs

de smonkey, 27 de junio de 2012

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Idioma: English

Mustelvulpo (Mostrar perfil) 27 de junio de 2012 15:33:02

"Brosi" and "marteli" are good examples of verbs from roots that are used mainly as nouns in which the verb means to use the instrument. But then there's komb-, in which "kombo" is a stroke with a comb and "kombilo" must be used to name the instrument. This is an example of somtething that just has to be learned and memorised.

tommjames (Mostrar perfil) 27 de junio de 2012 16:11:25

This is an example of somtething that just has to be learned and memorised.
If you like. But the question was about transitivity of verbs from noun roots, so I don't see the relevance.

RiotNrrd (Mostrar perfil) 27 de junio de 2012 18:33:13

tommjames:... whose transitivity you don't need to pay a second's thought to if you will just learn what the word means...
Yep. Right on cue. ridulo.gif

smonkey (Mostrar perfil) 27 de junio de 2012 18:39:05

So usually verbs formed from people/professions/animals/feelings/adjectives are in intransitive.
Verbs formed from tools indicate using the tool so some are transitive others are not.
It seems like most of the problem verbs are the ones like bati that are derived from a verby root.
Ultimately I need to memorize the transivity as a part of its meaning.

Thanks for the reference to that book. Looks like the book I need to get to the next level using esperanto.

jkph00 (Mostrar perfil) 27 de junio de 2012 20:01:05

Mustelvulpo:… For me, one of the most helpful guides to transitivity and use of the -ig and iĝ suffixes, as well as creating verbs from roots that are more typically used as nouns, appeared in David Jordan's Being Colloquial in Esperanto. It's a book I'd recommend for all English speakers studying Esperanto.
+1.

The book is superb. ridulo.gif

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