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Re: reflexive verbs (was: Re: Conlang T Shirt)

From:Gerald Koenig <jlk@...>
Date:Monday, November 1, 1999, 3:56
> >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