Re: verbs = nouns? (in Hebrew)

Dan Sulani wrote:

> On 9 Jan, Steg wrote:
>> Wow, i never heard of ShTtR being used as a verb at all. If i heard it i
>> would assume it meant something to do with "policing" and not
>> punishment..
>
>     I guess that in ancient times, policemen weren't expected to be
> social-workers, psychologists, negotiators, investigators, etc. as they are
> today.
More like judge, jury, and executioner, it sounds like!

> /megalem/ is more like "playing the part of". The general idea seems to be
> that the actor's personality is a "shapeless mass" and thus he is able to
>  mold himself (morph? :-)  ) into being any part he is playing. Perhaps a
> better translation of /megalem/ would be "he portrays".
Fascinating!


> Among the children
> whose speech I treat, there are some who consistantly
> pronounce -alav as /alo/.
In the same sense that many American children consistently
pronounce "isn't" as /eInt/?

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