On Tue, 9 Jan 2001 20:13:14 -0500 Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> writes:
> "H. S. Teoh" wrote:
> > Awesome!!! I must say, this is a very very interesting way to
> treat nouns.
> Hausa does that with pronouns. There's special forms of pronouns
> for
> different tenses. I could see that system developing from a
> contraction
> of auxilaries, as if we were to say "Ada'll fall" in English. To me
> that sounds a bit awkward, but I could see it coming into use.
>
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I say things like that all the time:
Alan'll get it.
Sandra'll see.
Some day Nik'll start speaking like this.
:-)
-Stephen (Steg)
"for you i will also give... a ferret."