Re: 'come' and 'go' with directional affixes
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, February 27, 2005, 23:38 |
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On Feb 27, 2005, at 10:10 PM, Thomas Wier wrote:
> Hi all.
> I've been quiet this weekend because the University has
> been revamping the entire email system, so I couldn't send
> out anything. Anyways, I seem to recall someone had asked
> whether there were languages in which the verbs "come" and
> "go" did not have inherent directional meanings, having a
> root which meant something like "move" plus a directional
> affix. Some have pointed out some other examples, but I
> thought I might throw out two more examples:
> In Akkadian, for example, a special ventive suffix is added
> to indicate a change of perspective:
> ana biitim iirub
> to house-GEN enter.3Sg.PRT
> 'he went into the house'
> ana biitim iirub-am
> to house-GEN enter.3Sg.PRT-VEN
> 'he came into the house'
Whoa, tricky... i saw _ana_ and assumed it was the pronoun "I", like in
Arabic and Aramaic.
Crazy Akkadian, breaking all the Semitic rules!
-Stephen (Steg)
"survival is insufficient."