Re: ODD VERB FORM (WAS: Llirine: introduction and phonology)
From: | Muke Tever <alrivera@...> |
Date: | Monday, December 3, 2001, 1:34 |
>> In English, most series of verbs (such as "I saw X verb") only conjugate
for
>> person in the first verb (although you might still say "I saw X verbing"
>> or "I saw X verbed").
>>
>> Some don't, but they're constructions like "I think X-NOM verbs" instead
>> of ....
>
>Do You mean phrases like: I think him to be intelligent.
No.. (Er, that sounds like an odd phrase anyway...) I mean phrases like "I
think he is intelligent" - where 'he' is nominative, and governs 'is'. (So
it's really [I think] [he is intelligent], as opposed to [I see him] [being
intelligent].)
*Muke!