Re: Help on Verbs...
| From: | Patrick Dunn <tb0pwd1@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, October 27, 1999, 4:06 |
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On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Nik Taylor wrote:
> Doug Ball wrote:
> > Most languages (I'm a little afraid to say all) have aspect.
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> I'm pretty sure (but not 100% certain) that it's true that all languages
> do.
Really? Even, like, Chinese? Is there a particle that indicates
perfection or something? Hatasoe has a helping verb (like English) to
indicate perfect "toa", "to stand."
odutoa hivia
o-du-toa hivia
I him stand to-see
> > There may be more voices, but I haven't heard of any others.
>
> Reflexive and reciprocative are two others.
Hatasoe has reflexive but not reciprocative.
oduhivia = "I see him"
ohivilua = "I see myself"