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."