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Re: "To slurp" in latin, is there such a thing?

From:Chris Wright <dhasenan@...>
Date:Wednesday, January 28, 2009, 15:46
Sturnan:

Thathani hedem kape anlem.
cookie-pl eat-1s.pres therefore exist-1s.pres
"Since I am eating cookies, I currently exist."

Alternately:
Im hedan thathani kape im anlan.
I eat-aorist.singular cookie-pl therefore I exist-aorist.singular
"Since I typically eat cookies, I typically exist."

I'm abusing the term 'aorist' here, I think -- what would you people
recommend for a tense describing habitual or continual actions?

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Carsten Becker <carbeck@...>