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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)[reply]

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

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