English-Finnish translations for ergative verb

Definition of ergative verb

Examples

  • Break is an ergative verb because when we say "The window broke", the window is the thing getting broken, it is not the vandal
  • Although it is both transitive and intransitive, paint is not an ergative verb, because when we say "Bob paints", this is very different from when we say "Bob gets painted"

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