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Re: Tense formations

From:daniel andreasson <danielandreasson@...>
Date:Saturday, September 15, 2001, 12:51
James wrote:

> (strong) > I have given it me yibave iet > It was given by me et wä yeban ük ime > > (weak) > I have loved her me liubave ies > She was loved by me es wä liubi ük ime
I can only speak for Swedish. The supine is used with "have" and the past participle is used with "be". Thus: Jag har älskat. I have loved. Supine. Jag var älskad. I was loved. Past participle. The only function of the supine is to form the perfect and the pluperfect tenses. There is also the question of gender: Restaurangen(N-gender) är nedbrunnen. The restaurant is burnt down. Huset(T-gender) är nedbrunnet. The house is burnt down. So even though the ppl form of t-gender forms and the supine form look the same, they are two different forms, as can be seen in n-gender forms. The supine is used way more often than the ppl, so these examples sound somewhat odd. I'm not very good at Swedish grammar, although I speak it well. :) So I'm sure someone (Andreas? BPJ?) can correct me and/or give better examples. ||| daniel