Re: What's that Aspect?

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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