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Re: noun forms of verbs

From:Irina Rempt-Drijfhout <irina@...>
Date:Sunday, November 18, 2001, 18:52
On Sunday 18 November 2001 04:51, nicole wrote:

> ha yes... i'm actually prepared for this... in order to make a verb > into a noun that refers to a person who does the action in question > you would first add an "a" (signifying plurality)and then add an > "n" after than to make it singular > tevil= to eat > tevila= eaters > tevilan= eater
Strangely, Ilaini also has -an as singular agent suffix, though it isn't arrived at via the plural: brud - beer bruda - to brew brudan - brewer Irina -- irina@valdyas.org http://www.valdyas.org/irina --------------------------------------------------------------------- By my troth, we that have good wits have much to answer for. We shall be flouting; we cannot hold. - William Shakespeare, _As You Like It_