Korean (Spoken Korean as used in and around Seoul), Example 172
러닝화를 신으면 잘 뛰어진다.
Reonninghwareul sineumyeon jal ttwieo jinda.
reonninghwa-reul
running_shoes-ACC
sin-eumyeon
put_on-CONV
jal
well
ttwi-eo
run-COV
ji-n-da
PASS.AUX-NPST-DECL
If one puts on running shoes, one can run well.
Comment:
This is an example where formally, ttwi- 'run' is inflected for what seems like a periphrastic passive alternation, although the verb's meaning acquires some modal meaning. Interestingly, the expression of any grammatical (potentially nominative, -ga marked) subject is not possible here, which raises the question whether this rather an impersonal construction than a true passive as observed with transitive verbs. This is why the alternation value for this verb has been chosen as 'marginally'.
