Re: Question
From: | Sally Caves <scaves@...> |
Date: | Thursday, June 24, 1999, 17:04 |
Christophe Grandsire wrote:
>
> At 00:23 24/06/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >In my ancestral language, Old Kassi', there was a suffix, -(h)e', that I
> >call "completive". It indicates that the verb is "completed". Some
> >examples are piha's (learn), pihase' (know); ke"lo's (stab), ke"lose'
> >(stab to death). Is that a legitimate term, or should I use another
> >term?
> >
>
> Well, I think it's a pretty legitimate term, and I even think other
> conlangers use it as well. Am I wrong?
I use it in my section on verbs in Teonaht. It's a replacement for the
"perfect."
Sally