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Re: future past

From:Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
Date:Monday, June 14, 2004, 19:33
En réponse à John Cowan :


>Classical Latin has an inflected and unanalyzable future, but it's >suspiciously regular, as if it was formed fairly recently in the >language. Anybody know its origin?
I read it originated from a pre-Latin subjunctive, while the Latin subjunctive came from the original optative. Christophe Grandsire. http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr You need a straight mind to invent a twisted conlang.