Re: My Grammatical Sketch (again!)

Daniel Andreasson wrote:
>
> Austin wrote:
>
> > There is am imperfect tense in Latin that corresponds to the
> > Katabala imperfect tense; it denotes an incompleted action
> > began in the past.  I guess you could call it past
> > progressive...
>
> Okay then. Latin isn't my strongest side. I'm not
> so confused anymore then.
>
> > Yes, I forgot to add an imperative, but all my other moods
> > stand as they are.  The imperative mood particle shall be {hsara}.
>
> Could you please give some examples of the infinitive and
> interrogative moods? I'm really curious about them. That is,
> I'm not sure about how they're used in Katabala to make them
> moods.
>
        Well, I'm not sure about an interrogative mood, but what I can say is
that the Romance grammatical tradition considers infinitives and
participles to be impersonal moods, whereas indicative, subjunctive and
imperative are personal moods (and if you have an imperative mood, why
not an interrogative one?). In Latin, supinum was also considered as a
mood if I remember correctly. Maybe Austin uses the same way to describe
Katabala.

> > LINGUA LATINA VIVAT!
>
> Ldnge leve Eke Jdvel! (Long live Eke F*ing Bastard! Sweden's
> only cartoon linguist).
>
> Daniel Andreasson
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