Re: Immediate future tense
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, November 7, 1998, 23:24 |
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On Fri, 6 Nov 1998 17:06:42 -0800 Keenan <makeenan@...> writes:
>>
[various Rokbeigalmki tenses]
>>
>Steg, you have a fertile, facile, and ingenious mind. :) I struggled
>so
>hard to come up with my two simple little tenses. I figured it had
>probably been done before. But I didn't think anyone had come up with
>all you have. :)
>
>Someone on this list used a metaphor once on how they worked on their
>conlang like it was a house and, when they were finished, they looked
>up
>from their work and saw that while they were busy someone had built a
>mansion next door. hmmmmmmm I kinda know that feeling. ;)
>
>Xto,
>-Duke Keenan
Thanks!
Although i've felt the same way as you have, when i found out about
perfect, progressive, and all the other types of tenses which i never
imagined to include - all i ever did was tack one time onto another!
It looks like there are skyscrapers in the neighborhood :)
-Stephen (Steg)
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