Re: Cookbook
From: | Roger Mills <romilly@...> |
Date: | Tuesday, July 10, 2001, 4:57 |
Henrik Theiling wrote:
->Sally writes:
>> Teonaht uses the future indicative with formal address:
>> ...
>I suppose my Tyl Sjok will work a bit like Japanese (but without
>politeness levels or formal addressing): in recipes I'd expect agents
>not to be used, so you get unspecified actors, i.e., something that
>translates to passive voice. Maybe, but I have to investigate my
>language further for telling this safely, this is the normal
>imperative form (maybe imperative uses a direct addressing).
Kash will get around this in the Japanese way, then, using just the bare
verb form: umit 'use....', lendup 'stir....'; recipes will start with a
list of ingredients, headed by _pitani_ lit. need + 3d pers. poss. -ni, 'its
need = it needs...~ you need....'