A question about connecting sentences
From: | FFlores <fflores@...> |
Date: | Tuesday, September 28, 1999, 1:30 |
> Larry Schelin wrote:
>
> >"... The thing I'm
> >having trouble is with sticking two verbs in a sentence, like the
> >english "I want to go home." Here's the ideas I've had so far...
Summarizing, the alternatives are:
"I-want to-go" (infinitive as noun, direct object)
"I go+desire" (affix to show desire)
and combinations.
Why not "I want that I go"? Maybe with a subjunctive mood on "go"?
Or, to make things shorter, you could elide the tense markers and
pronouns and make them non-compulsory when context is clear.
--Pablo Flores
http://draseleq.conlang.org/pablo-david/