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jonw: is the word camel + accusative case, and then 5 light verbs | |||
strung together, the last one "conjugated" | |||
abraver: ?! | |||
abraver: FIVE light verbs? | |||
abraver: camel eat walk sit stand run do | |||
abraver: = | |||
abraver: "i'm hungry" | |||
jonw: wow, that's a good guess | |||
abraver: for serious? | |||
jonw: camel-ACC eat-PastPART put-PresPART almost_do-PastPART come-PresPART lie-e.g.,1st.sg | |||
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=Kazakh Applied to English= | ==Kazakh Applied to English== | ||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
abraver: jonw do_homework eat_cookie bribe pretend trick_into_doing sit | |||
abraver: that means "homework cookie" | |||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
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Latest revision as of 06:16, 25 December 2005
Massive Light-Verbage
jonw: is the word camel + accusative case, and then 5 light verbs
strung together, the last one "conjugated"
abraver: ?!
abraver: FIVE light verbs?
abraver: camel eat walk sit stand run do
abraver: =
abraver: "i'm hungry"
jonw: wow, that's a good guess
abraver: for serious?
jonw: camel-ACC eat-PastPART put-PresPART almost_do-PastPART come-PresPART lie-e.g.,1st.sg
Kazakh Applied to English
abraver: jonw do_homework eat_cookie bribe pretend trick_into_doing sit abraver: that means "homework cookie"
