Re: The cost of time
From: | William Annis <annis@...> |
Date: | Monday, February 11, 2002, 16:33 |
>From: Clint Jackson Baker <litrex1@...>
>
>So, it seemed to me that instead of "spending one's
>time" (which doesn't really fit the Kayasanoda mindset
>anyway--can I say that without having a conculture?),
Why not. I say it about Vaior all the time. :)
>"time" itself should be the verb, hence:
>asuwaka
>a= 1ST PERS SING
>suwa= as above
>ka= PRES TENSE
>
>How do you like that approach?
Well, it's a fine approach, but not very Vaiorish. Turning a
noun into a verb that way would be rather idiosyncratic. It may be
that the idiom will simply be left out of Vaior, though the Finnish
approach is interesting.
--
wm