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smonkey (显示个人资料) 2012年6月27日上午3:08:53
When creating a verb from a noun is there any way to tell if it should be transitive or intransitive?
Can I use igi on transitive verb if I am not sure or will it change the meaning? I was under the impression that one would only use igi or iĝi to change the verb from a transitive to an intransitive and vice versa but the other would not be used because the verb is already transitive/intransitive. I found a few words that seem to use both igi and iĝi.
Example-
manĝi
manĝigi
manĝiĝi
I want to make sure that I am learning the basics correctly. I hope someone understands my question/ confusion.
RiotNrrd (显示个人资料) 2012年6月27日上午3:40:58
Thus, you just have to buckle down and memorize the transitivity for every single one.
This aspect of Esperanto is one of my own "if I could just change ONE thing" pet peeves. But, it is what it is.
RiotNrrd (显示个人资料) 2012年6月27日上午5:31:56
Yeah, well. Maybe not for them.
Transitivity is something English-speaking natives just don't have to deal with in English. So, for us, it's an extra memory load. Part of the meaning, something extra, whatever. It's something, and we have to memorize it for each verb.
hebda999 (显示个人资料) 2012年6月27日上午6:19:02
RiotNrrd:Transitivity is something English-speaking natives just don't have to deal with in English. So, for us, it's an extra memory load. Part of the meaning, something extra, whatever. It's something, and we have to memorize it for each verb.yes, you're right - English has no transivity at all:
I die, I die you
I jump, I jump you
hebda999 (显示个人资料) 2012年6月27日上午6:58:14
antoniomoya:I would like to change a lot of things in English, German, Spanish, Chinese..., but I can't. Why is Esperanto going to be any different. Please, do understand. It is not a project, but a living language spoken in its present shape. If you want to make any changes to it, become some great esperanto writer and make the others follow your ideas. No other way is possible now.RiotNrrd:This aspect of Esperanto is one of my own "if I could just change ONE thing" pet peeves. But, it is what it is.I totally agree with you. If I also could change this, I plezure do it.
Amike.
tommjames (显示个人资料) 2012年6月27日上午8:05:17
smonkey:When creating a verb from a noun is there any way to tell if it should be transitive or intransitive?There's no foolproof method, aside from looking in the dictionary. But since transitivity (the ability to take a direct object) is no more than a consequence of the verb's meaning, in most cases you should be able to work it out yourself. For example akvo is a noun. The verbal form akvi means to water, as in watering the garden. So there's a verbified noun which should be able to take an object.
Of course you must learn that "akvi" means "to make something wet with water", but since learning what words actually mean is part and parcel of learning any language, that's not something you need to worry about too much.
johmue (显示个人资料) 2012年6月27日上午9:18:28
tommjames:Actually this would be "akvumi" rather than "akvi".smonkey:When creating a verb from a noun is there any way to tell if it should be transitive or intransitive?There's no foolproof method, aside from looking in the dictionary. But since transitivity (the ability to take a direct object) is no more than a consequence of the verb's meaning, in most cases you should be able to work it out yourself. For example akvo is a noun. The verbal form akvi means to water, as in watering the garden. So there's a verbified noun which should be able to take an object.
Of course you must learn that "akvi" means "to make something wet with water", but since learning what words actually mean is part and parcel of learning any language, that's not something you need to worry about too much.