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- As ((pne|I)) understand it, the practice of distinguishing between agent (ergative) and non-agent (absolutive), rather than between nonpatient (nominative) and patient (accusative) as is common in Indo-European languages.<br /><br />For a '''very''' brief overview of different case-marking systems, see [http://www.xibalba.demon.co.uk/jbr/ranto/r.html] -- part of a rant against Esperanto, but you can ignore that here; this appendix focuses only on cases. Ergative languages use approach (E) in his list.<br /><br />''How do we express this in Lojban? gausmi?''<br />* ''gernrgativiti'' --((And)) (mi stidi)<br />
+ See ((''Gismu'' Agentive And Non-Agentive))




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