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Re: What's that Aspect?

From:Roger Mills <rfmilly@...>
Date:Wednesday, May 19, 2004, 5:10
David Peterson wrote:
> Jim wrote: > > <<What do you call an aspect that conveys the notion of "henceforth" aka > "from > now on" & "from then on"?>> > > Inceptive plus habitual? > > The action in question is going to happen continually or habitually, so > that > characterizes it as habitual. The > "from now on" or "from then on" part focuses on the start of the action. > So, for example, I wasn't born checking > my e-mail, but I now do it regularly. Thus, there was a time when the > habitual action of me checking my e-mail > began (even though I didn't know it would then), and so the inceptive > focuses > on that part of the habitual act. > The "from then on" vs. "from now on" part is just a difference in tense. >
A very stimulating reply, which led to the discovery of the Kash words for "henceforth/from now on" and "thenceforth/from then on", to wit: alandani < alo 'from' anju 'time,moment' + tani, gen. of tayu 'this'; in proper written work it requires a future tense: alandani mameloto re me ilepes 'lowis' "Henceforth I wish to be called Lois" (lit. ...I-want-fut that me they-call Lois-- I suppose one could say _ilepesto_, too, with a future tense.) alanjini < alo anju (or gen. anji) + ini, gen. of iyu 'that'; in proper written work it requires a past tense: alanjini ne ilepessa 'lowis' "From that time on they called him Lois"

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