Aspects vs. Tenses in an All-Out Grudge Match! (was Artyom Kouzminykh; Answes&proposal)

On Fri, 20 Aug 1999 14:11:51 -0700 Barry Garcia
<Barry_Garcia@...> writes:
>They are? Hmm tell that to the Austronesians who dont even have tense
>in
>their verbs, which only show aspect. To show time, we use adverbs of
>time,
>like tomorrow, today, now, yesterday, etc. Verbs conjugate according
>to
>aspect: finished, continuing, and contemplated.

I seem to remember reading that some people theorize that Proto-Semitic
only had aspects, and not tenses.  I never really understood what exactly
the difference is....if an action is in the past, isn't it finished?  And
present actions are continuing, and future actions are only
contemplated...


-Stephen (Steg)
 "hhalomot zeh b'emet"

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