Charles wrote :
> The pattern would be (is currently) something like:
>
> root+"o" ... plain old noun/primary
> root+"a" ... plain old adjective/secondary
> root+"i" ... infinitive verb/secondary
> root+"e" ... plain old adverb/tertiary
> root+"u" ... was preposition, now not used
> root+"ie" ... transitive adverb/preposition
> root+"ue" ... same, but passivized
> root+"ia" ... active participle, not much used
> root+"ua" ... passive participle
>
> So what I'd like to do is merge "-ie" into "-ia".
> It seems plausible but I'd feel better if some
> natlang provides a parallel usage.
> but can participles be prepositions?
>
>
In French the participle refers to the subject while the adverb refers to the
verb so their degree of *intigration* is different. Japanese mixes them into
the *suspensive* verb.
Mathias
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