Re: reflexive verbs (was: Re: Conlang T Shirt)
From: | Gerald Koenig <jlk@...> |
Date: | Monday, November 1, 1999, 3:56 |
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>Irina Rempt wrote:
>
>>Another example: _le denesan_ "we're about to go", but usually,
>>depending on context, "let's go!" (a nice reflexive, "put ourselves",
>>with the result of _chaza_ wherever you go and put yourself)
>
>Reminds me of an expression in Tokana meaning "to appear/show up":
>"umafiteuna iniei", literally "to add oneself to the eyes" (i.e. to add
>oneself to the group of things that are within view).
>
>Matt.
>
Hi, Matt,
Wish we had been able to "umafiteuna iniei" at the Chinese Restaurant
while you were still on the Westside. Well, have a good time at my
old alma mater uwm and throw a stone in lake Mendota for me before
it freezes over.
Jerry