Re: Some isolating verb patterns
| From: | Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, January 15, 2005, 19:12 |
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--- "Pascal A. Kramm" <pkramm@...> wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 08:36:41 -0800, Gary Shannon
> <fiziwig@...> wrote:
<snip>
> Your tense particles are too long - they should only
> be one syllable.
> Otherwise, they would get shortened in everyday use
> anyway.
Thanks for those observations. I like you ideas, so I
will incorporate them into my design. I not so sure
about explicitly marking the present tense, however.
It almost seems as if the present should be unmarked.
On the other hand, it might be that the very earliest
proto-languages consisted mainly of imperatives as
language might have evolved to give commands or
warnings to other group members, so maybe the
imperative is the most "basic" form and should be the
one unmarked.
--gary
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