Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2019 April 19

= April 19 =

Finnish Agent Participle
miehen ajama auto — car driven by the man

Where does this construction come from, because it seems like ergativity? déhanchements (talk) 01:57, 19 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Miehen apparently can be either genitive or accusative. Which is it here? AnonMoos (talk) 03:58, 19 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Not accusative considering it is the agent of the sentence. déhanchements (talk) 04:08, 19 April 2019 (UTC)