Re : Re: Artyom Kouzminykh: Answes&proposal

Dans un courrier dat=E9 du 20/08/99 22:15:00  , Barry a =E9crit :

> They are? Hmm tell that to the Austronesians who dont even have tense in
>  their verbs, which only show aspect. To show time, we use adverbs of time=
,
>  like tomorrow, today, now, yesterday, etc. Verbs conjugate according to
>  aspect: finished, continuing, and contemplated.
(rabitting on : mpff mpff mpfff - i can't write rabbit well)
indonesians & co. don't even show aspects inside the verbs :

saya makan : i eat
saya sedang makan : i am eating
saya masih makan : i'm still eating
saya belum makan : i didn't eat yet
saya akan makan : i will eat
saya sudah makan : i have already eaten
saya telah makan : i just finished eating
saya mulai makan : i start eating
saya akan telah makan, etc.

and yes, all of these are verbs used as auxiliaries,
adverbs or whatever : mulai means "to start", telah "to
complete", akan "to contemplate", etc.

but there are only 120 million of them
(indonesians, not aspects, i mean).

and they find english very difficult to learn.
i can't even think of esperanto (JOKEJOKEJOKE)
they are quite underdevelopped, you know.

mathias