Re: About Romance natlangs and conlangs (Re: ) (LONG)
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, November 23, 1999, 2:01 |
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"Grandsire, C.A." wrote:
> I know of it in French, Spanish and Italian. And I think in Romanian
> the future is made by the equivalent of the verb "to want" (just like
> 'will' in English). But I'm not sure of it.
I was referring to the ver-me-a phenomenon, that has survived, AFAIK,
only in Portuguese.
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