Re: Help on Verbs...
| From: | Dr. David E. Bell <dbell@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, November 12, 1999, 19:05 |
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Re: Help on Verbs...From: Doug Ball=20
> Yeah, I was looking at some of these languages, and behold, within =
the
> verb sections, I immediately get confused as to what all these =
tenses
> are, and these mood things, and such..if anyone knows of a website =
where
> I could get like, explanations of what different tenses mean, it =
would
> be much appreciated...like what it means when a tense is 'perfect'
Well, I'll try to help you as best as I can, considering the verb is =
the
most complicated part of speech.
<snipped excellent summary>
Doug, This was an excellent summary that seems to me deserves a place =
in the conlang FAQ. Who's maintaining the FAQ these days?
David
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<DIV><TT>> Yeah, I was looking at some of these languages, and =
behold,=20
within the<BR>> verb sections, I immediately get confused as to =
what all=20
these tenses<BR>> are, and these mood things, and such..if anyone =
knows of=20
a website where<BR>> I could get like, explanations of what =
different=20
tenses mean, it would<BR>> be much appreciated...like what it means =
when a=20
tense is 'perfect'<BR><BR>Well, I'll try to help you as best as I can, =
considering the verb is the<BR>most complicated part of =
speech.<BR><BR><FONT=20
face=3DArial><snipped excellent summary></FONT></TT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><TT>Doug, This was an excellent summary that =
seems to me=20
deserves a place in the conlang FAQ. Who's maintaining the FAQ =
these=20
days?</TT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial><TT>David</TT></FONT></DIV>
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