Found out your channel recently. English is my first language but ergative tho? Never heard of that in my life lol so many different kinds of verbs, adjectives know how to use them but not the names...CANNOT wrap my head around it lol think it might be easier if I didn't already know English. So glad I didn't go into teaching English, in the end, don't think I will be any good lol
哈哈,記得年前喺youtube有個自稱係“老師”嘅馬來西亞網友,好鍾意改人英文但有次老貓燒鬚,改咗人哋句"were you grow up in TW"做“were you 'grown up' in TW”,即刻被好多人笑佢改咗都係錯XD 就係因為佢無"ergative verb"呢個concept。 Grow up唔係"ergative verb",唔可以好似grow咁當成被動式咁用,比如我哋唔可以”被長大”,所以“Did you grow up in”先至正確。 可惜當時無呢個clip,我只能指出Grow up係"不及物動詞",句嘢唯一主角就係"You",不過解釋完佢都係唔明 🤷