Re: Marking and Imperatives
| From: | Danny Wier <dawier@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, October 13, 1999, 19:42 |
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Now I'll add something to the thread on short verbs...
>From: Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
>On Wed, 13 Oct 1999 11:58:00 -0500 Patrick Dunn
><tb0pwd1@...> writes:
> > In semetic languages, isn't it the 3rd person perfect that's eh
> > least
> > marked?
>
>If you mean "shortest", you're somewhat right...
>
>Examples from Hebrew -
>
>ShMR:
>shamar = he guarded
>DBR:
>dibeir = he spoke
>
>But there're also the male singular imperatives:
>
>shemor = guard!
>dabeir = speak!
And there's one of my favorite imperative verb forms, from Latin:
_i_ (long i) = go! (Plural: _ite_, long i again.)
Danny
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