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Re: latin verb examples and tense meanings

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Monday, January 17, 2000, 22:03
Christophe Grandsire wrote:
> It's logical: when you "went" somewhere, you "have been" there.
Hmm, interesting. Of course, _ser_ can no longer be used for being in a place in Spanish, that's been taken over by _estar_ (and in at least some dialects, I hear, by _quedarse_), so the original justification has been lost. -- 1 Wakalláf watyánivaf plal 273 http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Conlang/W.html http://members.tripod.com/~Nik_Taylor/Books.html ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor