English-Latin 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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