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.
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