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Re: Kalini Sapak - new lang

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Friday, July 20, 2001, 19:59
James Campbell wrote:
> > (Reminds me of seeing an English verb conjugated in a multilingual > > dictionary online: It listed all the person and tense forms, like "I am > > melting", "We are melting", "You are melting".... "I have melted"...) > > Certainly forms which would be rarely used in polite conversation.
Hee hee. In Uatakassí, the dictionary form is first person singular non-punctual present, antipassive for transitive verbs. Which means you have forms like _iuínuki_ "I am dying" :-) (Well, there are a few verbs which can ONLY occur with inanimate subjects, those use third-person non-sentient, e.g., _náttaki_, "it is happening") -- Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon A nation without a language is a nation without a heart - Welsh proverb ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTaylor42