Re: comments on Itláni
| From: | Jim Hopkins <espero9@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, November 10, 2001, 13:02 |
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In a message dated 11/9/01 11:13:47 PM Eastern Standard Time, laokou@MSN.COM
writes:
<< Another nit-picky comment: Verbs: Should the "tense indicator" be
> "tense/mood indicator"?
I'm not sure where Jim (Hopkins) is going here.
>>
Hello to all:
In Itlani verbs the -ya of the infinitive is just coincidentally the same as
the "tense/mood indicator" -ya(r) etc.
Actually, "yar", "yav", "yazh" are independent words that mean "present",
"past", and "future" respectively. See also: yaraspal (today), yavaspal
(yesterday), yazhaspal (tomorrow). If the infixes "yan" of the conditional
or "yat" of the imperative once had independent exitences they have now been
lost.
Also: ta yavilu (in the past; lit. by means of the past)
ta yazhilu (in the future)
ta yarilu (in the present)
Hope this helps.
Thanks
Jim H
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