New topic -- stative pronouns with reflexives?
"Alfred W. Tüting"
ti at fa-kuan.muc.de
Fri Jan 16 18:40:15 UTC 2004
I found it in ... as ...:
Standing Rock UPPER YANCKTONNAI 28 July - 10 August 1885
Number Number in
Family Indian Name. English Name.
8 4 Naicijin Stands to Defend Himself
Obviously, the "to defend" is implied in the use of the reflexive form here.
BTW, also in German, the intransitive verb _stehen_ (to stand) is
sometimes used reflexive: _sich stehen_.
Alfred
>The reflexive can often mean 'for oneself' . So I suppose it would
mean 'stands up for himself' - Bruce<<
>>Also, that's what I found in Dakota: 'Naicijin' [naN-i'ch´i-z^iN] from
_nazin_ (an intransitive verb!). What do you guess is this proper name's
meaning ;) ?<<<<
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