Re: verbs = nouns?

From: "H. S. Teoh"

> On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 09:22:16PM -0500, DOUGLAS KOLLER wrote:
> > Indeed. With color words, when used with the perfective particle, we
> > normally expect it to be a more natural, slower-going process. Leaves
turn
> > green, sunburned skin turns red, sun-bleached linens turn white.
> A better example might be, you're cooking lobster, and after being cooked
> in boiling water for some time, it turns into the characteristic
> red-orange color. You'd then say, "long2xia1 hong2le".
I'll buy this. In this case, what I'm calling "natural, slower-going",
you're calling "expected", so it works.

Kou