Language: Mandarin Chinese (PTH)
Contributors: Guohua Zhang
Simplex verb
Verb meaning: BE HUNGRY [be-hungry]
Comment: è can be used both as an adjective and an intransitive verb, which is different from its English equivalent hungry. It can also enter a causative construction taking an object meaning literally 'to make sb hungry', i.e. 'to starve sb.'. That means it can function not only as an intransitive verb, but also a transitive verb. And this VO structure in turn can take a complement. This makes it possible that è can enter constructions like the Ambitransitive construction.
Schema: 1 > V
| # | Microrole | Coding set | Argument type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hungry person | Ø | S |
| (26) |
我饿了。 wǒ è le. wo 1SG e-le hungry-PERF I am hungry. |
| Alternation | Derived coding frame | Occurs | Comment | # Ex. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
