Exercise 3 in unit 13
Translate:
Zarathustra wants to take something from the eagle.
(two or four possibilities? What are the differences?)
(two or four possibilities? What are the differences?)
Solution
two:
láxt zaraqyhtè dà y ftnÌke., or with non-agentive Zarathustra, indicating that the wish isn’t his decision
láxt zaraqyhtè dà y ftnÌke., or with non-agentive Zarathustra, indicating that the wish isn’t his decision
want-fact1 Zarathustra-acc-nom2a give-fact-acc2 eagle-acc-nom3.
As the agent of ‘give’ is Zarathustra, not the eagle, there is no construction with a dative object of ‘want’.