Re: A question about connecting sentences

Matt Pearson <jmpearson@...> wrote:

> Tokana forms embedded clauses by adding a suffix to the verb called the
> "dependent" suffix (Dep).  Compare:
>
>         eta-kia mok-e
>         go-2p home-Dat
>         "you go home"
>
>         eta-n-kia mok-e
>         go-Dep-2p home-Dat
>         "that you go home"
That's absolutely great! Really simple, yet I hadn't seen that
or thought about it, ever... Though it reminds me of Japanese
use of _koto_ (I'm not sure about this; can anybody explain?)


--Pablo Flores
  http://draseleq.conlang.org/pablo-david/