Theiling Online    Sitemap    Conlang Mailing List HQ   

Re: Marking and Imperatives

From:And Rosta <a.rosta@...>
Date:Friday, February 4, 2000, 20:15
Matt Pearson (Madth Bfiysn) [15 Oct]:
> In Tokana, I frequently leave off the first person subject with verbs of > thinking and saying: When a sentence expresses a point of view, and > it's not made explicit whose point of view it is, it's assumed to be > the speaker's point of view: For example, "I think that John has left" > would be rendered "Opa nelhukanne Tsion", literally "Think that-he-has- > left John".
How do you do "It is thought (by people in general) that"? --Aan dRosyd