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TheNightAvl (talk | contribs) (Created page with "== Radestrian == === Alternative forms === * {{l|rad|-te}} (''after -V{s ș}'') * {{l|rad|-e}} (''after -C{s ș t}'') === Etymology === Reduced form of {{m|rad|dzist}}. {{root|rad|lnk-pro|ᵑgih-}} === Pronunciation === {{rad-pr}} === Particle === {{head|rad|particle }} # ''valency-reducing particle ## ''forms the impersonal from transitives and unergatives'' ##: {{ex|rad|Iravjetș*-e* hrolud.|A door *gets* opened.}} ##: {{ex|rad|O hora *dze* fryș a þviecirid.|And...") |
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##: {{ex|rad|A hrolus*-te* iravjetș.|The door opens. ''(anticausative passive: no implied agent)''}} | ##: {{ex|rad|A hrolus*-te* iravjetș.|The door opens. ''(anticausative passive: no implied agent)''}} | ||
##: cf. {{ex|rad|A hrolus iravjetrúș.|The door is (being) opened. ''(causative passive: implied agent)''}} | ##: cf. {{ex|rad|A hrolus iravjetrúș.|The door is (being) opened. ''(causative passive: implied agent)''}} | ||
##: {{ex|rad|A hrolus {{l|rad|dzist}} iravjetș.|The door opens (itself).}} | ##: {{ex|rad|A hrolus {{l|rad|dzist}} iravjetș.|The door opens (itself). ''(reflexive/middle voice)''}} | ||
==== Usage notes ==== | ==== Usage notes ==== | ||
* As a particle, {{here}} behaves like a clitic in syntax. | * As a particle, {{here}} behaves like a clitic in syntax. | ||
* The impersonal usage can only be used with verbs in the third-person singular, with any arguments remaining in their respective oblique cases. | * The impersonal usage can only be used with verbs in the third-person singular, with any arguments remaining in their respective oblique cases. |