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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