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Re: NATLANG: Humagrian glossary

From:Frank George Valoczy <valoczy@...>
Date:Tuesday, April 27, 2004, 14:54
>> I saw a root somewhere which differed from en-. > > The "enni" 'to eat' belongs to a special [small and improductive] > verbal group called "sz-stem" verbs. Etymologically these roots had > the pattern of V or CV. But these patterns were ruled out by the > phonotactics. Therefore the root was extended by various elements. > In present tense, it was the "sz" consonant, thus the lexematic > form is: "eszik" 'he/she eats' (in addition, it's an "ik"-type > verb).
Aha, then a question that's been bugging me for...near as long as I can remember. In the pattern: Meg lesz írva El lesz olvasva El lesz téve What are the forms for 'inni' and 'enni'? For 'enni' the best I could come up with is 'meg lesz edve', but...I dunno. And for 'inni', I'm at a total loss...