kinghajj2 | Transativity

• Autor: kinghajj2
• Tema: Transativity
• Data: 2005-12-14 01:37
• Mesaje: 1893 (presedente, seguente)

I'm sorry that this post is in English.

How does one determine the transitivity of a verb in LFN? For example,
"I'm boiling the water" is transitive, whereas "The water boils" is
intransitive.

In some cases, transitivity is obvious, but in others, like for the
word "boil," it is not. For verbs that could be either transitive or
intransitive, should LFN have two different words, or should it be
relied upon the listener/reader to determine transitivity in context?