Re: CHAT: Re : Re: Tlvn, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius

"From Http://Members.Aol.Com/Lassailly/Tunuframe.Html" wrote:
> you know what ? the whole trick in linguistics is to stick "-" at the right
> spot.
> i mean, if japanese had the brilliant idea to write "iku wa-koyotsu-da" and
> "koyotsu wa-iku" instead of "iku wa koyotsu da" and "koyotsu wa iku",
> then they would not tell verbs from nouns anymore.
> the whole face of the earth changes for so little.
But that wouldn't work, because "wa" is attached to the noun, in a
transitive sentence, an object could go between "wa" and the verb, which
is why "wa" isn't considered part of the verb.

> the perfect ial, i tell you.
They had their chance and blew it.  ;-)

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