Re: verb question
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, April 8, 2003, 2:41 |
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On Mon, 7 Apr 2003 16:05:37 -0400 "Karapcik, Mike"
<KarapcM@...> writes:
> Some languages focus more on tense (English), others focus
> more on aspect (Hopi), some are more ambivalent (Japanese). From the
> little I know about languages that focus more on aspect, generally
> perfective (finished) implies past, and imperfective (ongoing? I
> always get those mixed up) implies present. (Doesn't modern Hebrew
> work like this?) Still, there are semantic ways to make Present
> Perfect and such.
> Mike Karapcik * Tampa, FL
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Modern Standard Arabic works like that... Modern Hebrew now has
perfect=past, imperfect=future, and uses the participle form for present.
-Stephen (Steg)
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