Re: THEORY: When is a verb not a verb?
| From: | Paul Bennett <paul.w.bennett@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, January 27, 2008, 22:14 |
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On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:30:00 -0500, David J. Peterson <dedalvs@...>
wrote:
> A general reply: Can you show some concrete examples? That's
> the first thing I would look for if I were a field linguist. :)
For the verbs in question, -m (to be able to use X) and -hīta (to fetch X
(to go and get X from somewhere else))...
uínlītska /wi:nli~tSkA/ - the Uínlītska language
uínlītskam /wi:nli~tSkAm/ - *"to be able to speak" Uínlītska
intuínlītskam /indwui:nlitSkam/ - I can speak Uínlītska
uínlītskamu /wi:nlitSkamo/ - He can speak Uínlītska
uilī intuínlītskam - I will be able to speak Uínlītska
hafā intuínlītskam - I have been taught (lit. I have been able) to speak
Uínlītska
ú intuínlītskam - I was able to speak Uínlītska
mínan /mi:nan/ - berries
mínanhīta /mi:nanxi~tA/ - *"to fetch" berries
inmínanhīta /inmi:nanxi~tA/ - I am fetching berries
mínanhītu /mi:nanxi~tu/ - he is fetching berries
uilī inmínanhīta - I will fetch berries
hafā inmínanhīta - I have fetched berries
ú inmínanhīta - I was fetching berries
Paul
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