Re: Some isolating verb patterns

--- Rene Uittenbogaard <ruittenb@...> wrote:

> Gary Shannon wrote:
>
>  > Here is my first sketch of how to handle verb
> tenses
>  > in my isolating project:
>
>  > Past perfect particle "dao": "Ele dao kuran."
> ("He had
>  > run.")
>
> I'd expect "Ele sona dingau kuran", combining the
> tense particle
> "sona" with the aspect particle "dingau". Was "dao"
> intentionally
> chosen to replace this combination?
>
>  > Present perfect particle "dingau": "Ko dingau
> vokas."
>  > ("I have called.")
>  > Future perfect: "Ko kwona dingau vokas." ("I will
> have
>  > called.")
>
>
> René
>
I wish I could say I was clever enough to have done
that on purpose. But alas, my formal knowledge of
grammar is very sparse. On the other hand, since even
the most complex grammars in the world were "designed"
through daily use by people who had no knowledge of
grammar whatsoever, perhaps I am just ignorant enough
to make design choices that are more "natural." ;-)

--gary

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