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Re: Question

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Thursday, June 24, 1999, 16:07
Kristian Jensen wrote:
> This is called telic aspect.
Ooh, I *like* that word! Thank you very much, sir (see, I've got the gender right this time! :-)) However, it's not an aspect, but a derivation, and one that no longer exists in Watakass=ED, only existing i= n fossilized forms like _klus=ED_ (stab to death)
> Completive > "The brute finish stabbing the dudette"
I have that, but with the name "cessative", in Watakass=ED, as an inflection. --=20 Happy that Nation, - fortunate that age, whose history is not diverting -- Benjamin Franklin http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Conlang/W.html http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ #: 18656696 AIM screen-name: NikTailor