I wish to thank everyone who has been involved in the discussion thus
far. This has been VERY helpful.
After reading all the responses I got after my last post I have created
the following chart. Please look it over and let me know if I got it
right finally.
My primary concern is the interrelationship between the main stems (the
big 7) and the rare stems (all the rest).
My secondary concern is the voice and form, along with the sample
translation.
Now I understand that in languages you have "exceptions to rules" and
items at times not being used as they normally are. At THIS time these
nuances are not of a concern. I'm just trying to get a basic correlation
between these forms, and how they are to be used to translate.
So as an English equivalent: I'm just charting the fact that "I" comes
before "E" - not that there's an exception when it is after "C", or that
there are exceptions to that exception. :)
As a note, for the Piel and Pual, I have used "REALLY broken" as opposed
to "smashed" just for the sake of being able to use the same English
verb throughout the chart.
Also, in the sample translation I changed the Hofil, as the way it was
worded sounded to much like the Hifil (It was previously "Bob caused it
to be broken" - which sounds the same as "Bob caused it to break"). So
if my new sample translation is wrong, but the previous was right -
please give a different way of wording it so it doesn't sound like the
Hifil.
Also on the Hitpael I came with a different wording, and would like to
know which one is better/more correct?
Pual/Polal/Pal/Pulal/Nitpael:
Passive, Intensive - "Bob was REALLY broken"
Hifil/Tifil:
Active, Causative - "Bob was caused to brake it"
Hofal/Hotpaal:
Passive, Causative - "Bob was caused to be broken"
Hitpael/Hitpalpel/Hishtafel/Hitpolel:
Reflexive - "Bob caused himself to be broken"/"Bob broke himself"
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