Re: Compound Tense Mystery

Here's some ideas of how I might do it:

On Tue, 8 Jul 2003, Steg Belsky wrote:
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> EZUZII-RIS = ?
        "You were going to learn, but..."

> EZUZE-RIS = ?
        "You should've learned"
        or "Would that you had learned!"

> EZOIZU-RIS = ?
        "Wow, you're always learning new things!" (e.g. to an avid reader)
        or in the context "You seem to learn something new every day!"

> EZOIZII-RIS = ?
        "If you were to learn, ..." (present irrealis/hypothetical)

> EZOIZE-RIS = ?
        "Now is the time you should learn" (ie "pay attention now!")

> EZAZE-RIS = ?
        "Learn! Now!!"

> EZIIZE-RIS = ?
        "Learn! (When you get around to it/when you've got time) (Delayed imper.)
        "What if you learned?/You might consider learning..." (Advice/suggestion)

> EZEZU-RIS = ?
        "You should've learned"
> EZEZOI-RIS = ?
        "You should start learning (in general)" (eg enroll in school...)
> EZEZA-RIS = ?
        "You should go and learn (now)"
> EZEZII-RIS = ?
        "Don't you think you should learn?"
> EZEZE-RIS = ?
        "Just learn!!! gosh dangit!!!!"

Interesting.
Did the reduplicated pronoun come historically from something like:
        ez-u ez-a ris > ezu-za-ris
or something like that?  (Just curious)

--Apollo