Re: Help!
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, May 26, 2003, 9:19 |
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En réponse à John C. :
> Hello everyone.
Welcome to this list! :)
> I am constructing my own language and seemed to have hit a barrier:
> creating the conditional voice. For example, what is "would?" Is it a
> future tense? What word is it a future tense of? I am creating a
> subjunctive/conditional and I would really appreciate it if anyone had
> advice for me, or a webpage that could thoroughly explain this issue.
> Thank you so much.
Ouch! Well, I think enough people pointed out that your grammatical
knowledge was sketchy at best, and gave you links to enough resources to
edificate you :) . My only advice would be that you try to look how
languages like French or Spanish treat verbs, and especially the
conditional. English is a bit liberal with its verbs, while Romance
languages tend to be stricter with their tenses and moods, so that they are
a better example of what tense and mood is, unlike English which tends to
mix everything.
Christophe Grandsire.
http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr
You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang.
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