ergative
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Esto pone el sustantivo en el caso ergative. | This puts the noun into the ergative case. |
El caso ergative es duro de entender porque refiere algo no encontrado en inglés. | The ergative case is hard to understand because it refers to something not found in English. |
En inglés decimos él puckered para arriba, pero si los ingleses fueran una lengua ergative diríamos que él puckered para arriba. | In English we say He puckered up, but if English were an ergative language we would say Him puckered up. |
El inglés no es una lengua ergative y además no distingue entre el uso de un sustantivo para un tema y para un objeto. | English is not an ergative language and furthermore it does not distinguish between the use of a noun for a subject and for an object. |
Pocas idiomas tienen la característica ergative del caso. | Few languages have the ergative case feature. |
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