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(469) a. Mon wia eo e-ar etal.
place.of buy the.s 3s.agr-T(past) go
*'The store was gone to.'
#'The store went (somewhere).'
b. Mon wia eo e-ar etal ippā-n Ether.
place.of buy the.s 3s.agr-T(past) go with-3s Ether
*'The store was gone to by Ether.'
#'The store went (somewhere) with Ether.'
(470) a. Iertuia e-ar jillok.
Ierutia 3s.agr-T(past) bend.over
*'Ierutia was bent over.'
'Ierutia bent over.'
b. Ierutia e-ar jillok ippā-n Amelia.
Ierutia 3s.agr-T(past) bend.over with-3s Amelia
*'Ierutia was bent over by Amelia.'
'Ierutia bent over with Amelia.'
This not surprising since these verbs do not have a transitive form that can be passivized.
In addition, verbs without an intransitive form cannot be passivized. This type of verbs
includes kokkure 'destroy', lale 'watch' and jolok 'throw'.
(471) *Oror eo e-ar kokkure ippā-n piik eo.
fence the.s 3s.agr-T(past) destroy with-3s pig the.s
'The fence was destroyed by the pig.'
(472) *Bao eo e-ar lale.
bird the.s 3s.agr-T(past) watch
'The bird was watched.'
(473) *Bool eo e-ar jolok ippā-n leddik eo.
ball the.s 3s.agr-T(past) throw with-3s girl the.s
'The ball was thrown by the girl.'
For those verbs which have both a transitive and an intransitive form, a verb must
meet semantic criteria related to the affectedness of the patient argument in order to be
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