From: "Nik Taylor" <fortytwo@...>
> Speaking of English, has anyone else encountered "be staying" for
> "live"? E.g., "I'm staying at the Avenues [an apartment complex]" I
> don't think I've encountered it used for a place that you own, it might
> be restricted to rental situations. Still, I'd use "live" in those
> cases.
I'm familiar with "staying" for temporary housing situations.
> > 11.) I eat (past iterative): "So I eat this big sandwich and I get this
awful
> > stomach-ache afterwards!"
> > (This is used when relating a story. I didn't know what name to
give
> > it...)
>
> Simple present tense. You're relating a past event as if it were taking
> place at the present time.
Or narrative tense.
In Henaudute you'd have:
hopre "I eat" (pres)
hotapre "I eat" (narr)
> > 20.) I'm about to eat (immediate future): "Hey, can you help me with
this?"
> > "I'm about to eat; can it
>
> In the South, the adverb (?) is often "Fixin'" or "fittin'" "I'm fixin'
> to eat"
Never heard of 'fittin' before.
*Muke!