Re: THEORY ago (was: Most common irregular verbs?)
| From: | René Uittenbogaard <ruittenb@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, January 17, 2006, 19:58 |
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caeruleancentaur wrote:
> Interestingly, "ago" used to be a verb! "Only the pa. pple. *agan,
> agon, agone, ago* is common after 1300
[snip]
> Listed as the meaning is "gone by; bygone; past.
Ray wrote:
> Yes - I know it was once 'a-gone', which was a perfect participle.
That's curious, because the Dutch "geleden" apparently is a past
participle, too, from an ancient and no-longer-used verb "liden" = "to
pass" (of time, that is; "voorbijgaan").
Twee dagen geleden = two days ago
René
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