Korean (Spoken Korean as used in and around Seoul), Example 198
ㅅ, 20년 전 ㅂ가 나에게 관심 보였다!
Gunyeon jeon B.ga naege gwansim boyeotta!
20
twenty
nyeon
year
jeon
before
B.-ga
B.-NOM
na-ege
1SG-DAT
gwansim
interest
bo-i-eoss-da
look-CAUS-PST-DECL
Twenty years ago B. showed me her interest!
Comment:
Appears as headline in an online article by the Munhwa Broadcasting Company (MBC). Names and years have been changed/masked because of possible copyright issues.Two remarks can be made here: Firstly, it is typical for this verb to occur with a more abstract theme argument (instead of, say, 'show a book'), and secondly, it does not seem to be usual in spoken usage (as confirmed by two other consultants). Instead, the benefactive form, boyeojuda, seems more natural. For the source, see Kim (2010) in the references section.
