Re: Compound Tense Mystery

A few ideas:

EZUZII-RIS = (past + future) Perhaps this could mean "you learn all the time"
(ie. without pause), as opposed to EZOIZOI-RIS "you always learn" (ie. keep
learning on more or less regular occasions)? (Or the other way around.)

EZOIZU-RIS = (routine + past) Perhaps, if this tense was left without a strict
definition, it could be used in sentences like "why is the party always over
when I come?" :)
(I'm assuming that this combination would mean something like "routinely
past" and that it is a different thing from "past routine" EZUZOI.)
EZOIZII-RIS = (routine + future) you keep meaning to learn, you always put
off learning

EZEZU-RIS = (command + past) you should have learned
EZEZOI-RIS = (command + routine) make it a habit to learn
EZEZA-RIS = (command + immediate) learn it *now*!
EZEZII-RIS = (command + future) learn (but there's no hurry). (I can imagine
a teacher using this one: "And your homework for next Monday is...")
EZEZE-RIS = (command + command) learn - or else!


- M. Astrand (supposedly nomail, but can't keep out of the archives)


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