Re: new parts of speech/cases
From: | Roger Mills <romilly@...> |
Date: | Wednesday, May 1, 2002, 23:46 |
Philip Newton wrote:
There's also another verbal anaphor "kies", which means "to do what".
So "what are you going to do tomorrow" would be "you-do-what[future]
tomorrow?" with one verb ;)
Reminiscent of Indonesian's two words for "why?"-- the distinction is not
always observed, however:
kenapa, lit. affected-by what
mengapa, lit. active-vb-pfx. what, do-what
kenapa ia sakit? why is he sick?
also (IIRC) kenapa ia? what's the matter with him?
mengapa ia pergi ke Jakarta? why is he going to Jakarta?