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Re: USAGE: Verbs and verb compounds

From:Charles <catty@...>
Date:Sunday, June 20, 1999, 17:11
From Http://Members.Aol.Com/Lassailly/Tunuframe.Html wrote:

> > << Matthew Kehrt wrote: > > > > > > I once had a system where all perpositions were verbs: > > > (The cat) (is) (on the shelf.) > > > becomes: > > > (The cat) (is on) (the shelf).
> try these ones : "cat lie place top of shelf" or "cat lie locate top shelf", > etc. > > you read this but you not understand it ? you think make language simple > liken that it is difficult ? why you not start try learn indonesian or khmer > ? you wonder reason people that locate region-region world these they feel > problem-problem time they learn language-language that liken language english > or language esperanto ? problem that be important regard majority language > country-country europe it is they bias regard "locative". noun "top" be fine > more compare case or verb "locative" time one want refer regard "location". > problem language-language simple liken khmer it is tag PoS it is near absent. > case you want make language world then you must design 5 tag-tag PoS precise > more compare one-one khmer.
English put too many neat verbs into the preposition class; "be-in" "get-on" etc. Please list the innumerable Japanese compound verbs, so we can Star-Wars or perposit them into English.
> Hahahahahahahaaarrrg !!! (insane, apocalyptic laugh) ;-)