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Re: A short passage.

From:B. Garcia <madyaas@...>
Date:Tuesday, March 15, 2005, 8:55
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 03:40:33 -0500, Mike Ellis <nihilsum@...> wrote:
> ---------------------- Information from the mail header ----------------------- > Sender: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...> > Poster: Mike Ellis <nihilsum@...> > Subject: Re: A short passage. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > B. Garcia wrote: > > >I thought about something just now. Would the passive verb form using > >future tense be a good way to express "will be condemned"? > > Don't see why not. If your lang's passive conjugates like any other verb, > you nicely avoid any 'to be'. >
I thought I had it right. Thanks ;)
> >Hmm, perhaps I've got that wrong also. What ways can a language with > >no verb for "to be" express "will be..."? > > "will become"?
Yes. Sorry, brain fart. -- Inu payangyara unamey ati tal amariey ka sey, payangyara kria? Yanaysatra sonataya atan inu jumoey ati atan matawsara jumoey ati.