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Re: past tense formation

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Tuesday, January 30, 2001, 19:27
On Tue, 30 Jan 2001 18:19:55 -0000 Dan Jones <feuchard@...> writes:
> It makes no sense. Any suggestions? How are such difficultie > resolved in > similar natlangs and conlangs? And have I unwittingly created an > ergative > system (I remember someone saying that Hindi is an ergative language > in the > past tense) . > > Dan
- In Hebrew the ambiguous noun/verb _yakhol_ "is able" is commonly made past tense by using a past-tense form of "to be" - _haya yakhol_. Maybe the same could work in Denanan. -Stephen (Steg) "...celnîl paçjêj Hayêm es."