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Re: "Anticipatory" Tense

From:M.E.S. <suomenkieli@...>
Date:Saturday, March 2, 2002, 11:35
--- David Peterson <DigitalScream@...> wrote:
> In a message dated 03/1/02 10:45:47 PM, Ian Maxwell > writes: > << My question is, does a word already exist for > this, or can I just use my own invented word? >> > > And exponent posited: > <<Inchoative?>> > > It was my understanding that "inchoative" was > "becoming", and that's how > I've been using it in my language. Take the idea of > "beauty". In Megdevi, > maZala would be "to make x beautiful, to beautify > x", dZamaZala (with the > intransitive prefix) would be "to be beautiful", > maZalisa (with the passive > suffix) would be "to be made beautiful, to be > beautified", and maZUllala > (with the inchoative infix) would be "to become > beautiful". Someone else > called this "waxing" and its opposite "waning" (I'm > terrible with names; I > apologize!). Yet, "about to" does have a term, I > know it does. Anticipatory > sounds good, though, even if there is another, > "formal" term.
All this talk about whether a verb tense has been formally named or not, I cannot verify that. But, personally, I think Ian's suggested "anticipatory tense(s)" is quite clear and would be safe in conveying its intended usage. M.E.S. ===== Matt (suomenkieli@yahoo.co.jp/@yahoo.com) #205-4-27-4 Izumi, Suginami-ku, Tokyo 168-0063 Japan Home tel/fax: +81-3-5938-6733 Matthew E.H. Swadener Nikko Salomon Smith Barney Securities, Ltd. Work tel: +81-3-5293-7233 (direct) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - sign up for Fantasy Baseball http://sports.yahoo.com