Re: Affixes used independently (was preverbs)

On 04/05/08 08:22:48, David McCann wrote:
>
> I can't find where I saw it quoted, but someone reported a sentence
> of
> spoken Italian:
>
> E proprio accio?
>
> i.e. "Is it really dreadful?"
>
> It's the best example of a "free affix" I can think of: the "ish"
> example didn't make much sense to me, without the explanation.
You don't think you could explain the Italian sentence? It doesn't make
much sense to me, without an explanation. None of the words in your
translation of the Italian sentence are free affixes, so there's no way
for me to understand what part of the Italian sentence stands out.

--
Tristan.

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