reflexive verbs (was: Re: Conlang T Shirt)
| From: | Matt Pearson <jmpearson@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, October 31, 1999, 19:41 |
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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.