Re: "Anticipatory" Tense

--- 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.


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