Re: Participles in Natlangs and in Conlangs
From: | Jean-François Colson <fa597525@...> |
Date: | Tuesday, June 20, 2006, 14:05 |
>>[MODE, MOOD, AND MODALITY AS CATEGORIES OF PARTICIPLES]
>
> I don't have much to add here, but I like the idea - thanks for bringing it
> up!
I think Esperanto has mood as a category of participles, althought that's not
been officialized yet by the Academy:
- la legota libro: the book which will be read;
- la leguta libro: the book which would be read;
- la legonta persono: the person who will read (that's sure he will read);
- la legunta persono: the person who would read (if he had time to do so).
BTW what's the difference between mode and mood on a grammatical level?