Re: Góquim
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, August 5, 2003, 16:43 |
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Quoting Christian Thalmann <cinga@...>:
> One of the verb affixes is called "infinite". Is that a
> typo for "infinitive", or is it some kind of tense used for
> general truths and timeless static situations? The latter
> would be cool, but I somewhat doubt it was the intention.
If so, the traditional name for such a tense is "gnomic".
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