tesnel

Simplex verb

Verb meaning: SEE [see]

Comment: corpus frequencies: 217783/2904/0 (basic/middle/causative)

Basic coding frame

Schema: 1-nom 2-nomdat V.subj[1]

# Microrole Coding set Argument type
1 seeer NP-nom V.subj A
2 seen entity NP-nomdat P
Examples for basic coding frame:
(42)

Մարդը տեսավ տղային:
Maɾdə tesav tʁajin.
maɾd-ə
man-def
tesa-v
see.aor-aor.3sg
tʁa-ji-n
boy-dat-def
The man saw the boy.

(165)

Ես ցամաք եմ տեսնում:
Jes cʰamakʰ em tesnum.
jes
I.nom
cʰamakʰ
land
em
aux.1sg
tesn-um
see-cvb.ipfv
I see the land.

Comment: ‘see’: transitive

Alternations

Alternation Derived coding frame Alternation class Occurs Comment # Ex.