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Re: Marking and Imperatives

From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Wednesday, October 13, 1999, 19:02
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! -Stephen (Steg) ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.