Re: Senyecan Verb Idiom I

Hey!

Just coming back from a whole-day school trip to Düsseldorf ...

On Monday 10 January 2005 20:13, caeruleancentaur wrote:

 > In your various conlangs how do you express the concepts:
 > 1. to have just
 > and
 > 2. to be about to

1)   There exists a near past tense (NP), which is marked on
the verb with the prefix "ca-":
Example: "I've just seen" = Ca-silv-ay-ang (NP.see.1sg.AGT)

2)   The continuous aspect, eh? There is no such aspect in
Ayeri, but I guess you could use the word "edauyi" (now,
this time) or edatacanoea ("in this moment"). I don't like
the last one because it's too long. Maybe just "at the
moment", "tacanoea"? That'd be much better.
Example: "I'm about to listen" = Tang-ay-ang
edauyi/tacano-ea. (hear/listen.1sg.AGT now/moment.LOC)

Carsten

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