Re: Lingua Frakas...question re: TMA (tenses,mood & aspects)
From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
Date: | Sunday, May 14, 2000, 6:13 |
Jonathan Chang wrote:
> progressive is like "I will be... "... continuative is also known as
> "habitual" as in "he always loses"
Ah, I'd never heard the term "continuative" used for that aspect.
ObConlang, W's habitual can be combined with past, present, or future,
but I don't know how common "future habitual" would be ...
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