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Re: dumb question about tense names

From:Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
Date:Saturday, January 21, 2006, 16:32
Hi!

Cian Ross <cian@...> writes:
> I presume I'm not alone in having a set of tenses that cover > past+present and present+future (in Veldan). But has anyone come up > with a name for either of those? I presume the answer is 'yes' and I'm > just not looking in the right places.
Usually, they're called 'no-future' and 'non-past'. In Japanese grammar, you'll see 'non-past'. **Henrik -- Relay 13 is forthcoming: http://www.conlang.info/relay/relay13.html