Pronouns (and Topic Markers) for Beginners

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Quote from: justNaviBrother on January 22, 2010, 10:57:57 AM
ohh))) thank you)) so mostly I've to use ergative because Navi has ergative construction of sentences, yes?

Only on verbs that can take a direct object (that can affect something, like the verb "punch"). Verbs that can't take a direct object have their nouns left unmarked.

Quote from: Ftiafpi on January 22, 2010, 11:00:39 AM
Quote from: justNaviBrother on January 22, 2010, 10:57:57 AM
ohh))) thank you)) so mostly I've to use ergative because Navi has ergative construction of sentences, yes?

What? I'm not sure what you're talking about here.

I think he was contrasting using the ergative with topical.
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