Re: Ethymologie- &-Re: Sally's survey

Zesh (Nik Taylor )| de, myálodaressedil <yonjuuni@...> réd
2003.03.23. yúwaud e-qi miyiud 00:35:32 -6h:

> J Y S Czhang wrote:
> >     --- my favourite Cantonese greeting (other than the ultra-familiar "So
> > you have not died yet?"
Qen ger tˇantˇad ú?
So yet notˇdieˇPP beˇ2s?

You should use a be+PP construction since it is a sort of stative, referring
not to an
action but a state of being died.

> >         _Sik joh faan mei aa?_ [" Have you eaten ? "]   :)
Heqˇeˇtˇya?
eatˇAˇ2sˇP

the -ya ending is used here since it refers to a longer action of eating in
the past
and not a point-like perfect action.
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