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Re: Gz^rod|in (Grammar : verbs)

From:Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Date:Monday, March 13, 2000, 23:14
Adrian Morgan wrote:
> 'yeq' (to live) ==> 'yer^^' (to have ongoing life).
What do you mean by that second gloss?
> 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
I think that regular auxilaries can be used. I must do-not = I must not do it; I must-not do = I don't have to do it; I can do-not = I'm able to not do it; I can-not do = I am unable to do it, I can't do it. -- "If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore, and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God!" - Ralph Waldo Emerson ICQ: 18656696 AIM Screen-Name: NikTailor