Language: Eastern Armenian (standard Eastern Armenian)
Contributors: Victoria Khurshudian and Michael Daniel
References: Daniel et al. 2009.0
Simplex verb
Verb meaning: WANT [want]
Comment: corpus frequencies: 132926/51/0 (basic/middle/causative); no mediopassive
Schema: 1-nom 2-nomdat V.subj[1]
| # | Microrole | Coding set | Argument type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wanter | NP-nom V.subj | A |
| 2 | wanted thing | NP-nomdat | P |
| (114) |
Ես ուզում եմ այս աղջկան: Jes uzum em ajs aʁǯkan. jes I.nom uz-um want-cvb.ipfv em aux.1sg ajs this aʁǯka-n girl.dat-def I want this girl. |
| (116) |
Արամյանը կուզենար ինքն էլ գնալ նայել, բայց ծուլանում էր հագնվել: Aɾamjanə kuzenaɾ inkʰn el gnal najel, bajcʰ culanum eɾ hagnvel. aɾamjan-ə Aramyan-def k-uzen-aɾ fut-want-sbjv.pst.3sg inkʰ-n self-def el part gn-al go-inf naj-el look-inf bajcʰ but culan-um be.lazy-cvb.ipfv eɾ aux.pst.3sg hagn-v-el dress-med-inf Aramian would go to see himself, but he didn't feel like dressing. |
| (158) |
Բայց քանի որ ես հիվանդ չեմ և ուզում եմ գնալ, ինձ ոչ մի բժիշկ չի օգնի: Bajcʰ kʰani voɾ jes hivand čʰem jev uzum em gnal, inʒ vočʰ mi bžišk čʰi ogni. bajcʰ but kʰani as.much voɾ that jes I.nom hivand sick čʰ-em neg-aux.1sg jev and uz-um want-cvb.ipfv em aux.1sg gn-al go-inf inʒ I.dat vočʰ not mi one bžišk doctor čʰi neg.aux.3sg ogn-i help-cvb.conneg But as I am not ill and want to leave, there is no doctor who can help me. Comment: ‘help’: indirect affectedness |
| (159) |
– Ես թույն եմ ուզում, – ասաց նա: Jes tʰujn em uzum, asacʰ na. jes I.nom tʰujn poison em aux.1sg uz-um want-cvb.ipfv as-acʰ say-aor.3sg na 3sg.nom I want (to take) poison, he said. Comment: ‘want’: direct object, but no mediopassive |
| Alternation | Derived coding frame | Occurs | Comment | # Ex. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
