Re: Active again.

John Cowan wrote:
> You'd have to say "She ran and she fell down", just as you can't say
> "He came home from the store after he went to the office" in some langs,
> because the first event has to be mentioned first (this is called
> "iconic sequence").
I don't think Indonesian suffers from that in particular, but there's one
phrasing in particular that requires it:

We didn't arrive in Jakarta until 8 o'clock.
baru jam delapan kita sampai di Jakarta
new  hour   8     we/incl arrive at J.
lit. 'only at 8 did we arrive at J.'

baru has some amusing adverbial uses:
What time is it? baru jam 8 'only/barely 8 o'clock'
                      sudah jam 8 'already 8 o'clock'
You can use the first to indicate to guests that they needn't leave, the
party's just getting going......the second would suggest it's late and time
for them to go