> Yesterday I explained my system of articles - for
> example that articles and pronouns are one thing,
> that articles are constructed letter by letter,
> and that the nominative article specifies the
> basic tense and indicates questions and
> imperatives.
>
> Since no-one has alerted me to any issues wrt
> this, I assume that no news is good news and will
> therefore move on to verbs.
>
> The word 'kkat' (pron. khat) is analogous to the
> English 'did' - it marks a verbspace. However, it
> doesn't require an object ('I did' serves as 'I
> did it') and it plays a key role in passive
> sentences, which I'll get to soon enough.
>
> To indicate present perfect or future perfect
> tense, the stressed vowel of the verb is
> interrupted with a psi (pron. voiced th). Recall
> that past perfect, by contrast, is carried
> entirely by the article. Thus:
>
> Mon^ kkat = I did it
> Monw^ kkat = I had done it
> Moniu kkat = I do it
> Mono kka(TH)at = I have done it
> Moneq kkat = I will do it
> Moneq kka(TH)at = I will have done it
>
> where:
> ^ = lambda (pron. u in but)
> (TH) = psi (pron. voiced th)
> iu (pron. 'oh')
> eq (pron. 'air')
>
> Theoretically, the language has a
> habitual/recurring/continuous tense (what are
> these called again?) in which the stressed
> syllable of the verb is interrupted with 'r'.
> In practise, such words have often diverged
> semantically.
>
> 'ya' (to want) ==> 'yara' (to desire).
> The present of future perfect of yara is ya(TH)ira.
> 'zeq' (to go) ==> 'zer^^' (to explore).
> 'yeq' (to live) ==> 'yer^^' (to have ongoing life).
>
> The prefix 'nag-' forms the negative of the verb,
> hence 'nagyeq', to not be alive (usually, to be
> dead).
>
> * * *
>
> Now for a question. In languages with negative
> verbs, how do you say must not, can not, etc?
> I assume that adverbs are used, such as:
> I by-compulsion do-not = I must not do it
> I by-capability do-not = I can not do it
>
> Adrian.
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