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Thank you, Ram.
By the way, I like the fact that a consonant
becomes voiced if derived. Did you know that this happens in japanese as well?
(The beginning of a root becomes voiced if preceded by another root,
normally.)
Greetings,
Stephan
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To: Ladekwa@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 5:22
PM
Subject: [Ladekwa] Re: Imperatives
>
> But is there really no mode for expressing a
wish?
> Greetings,
> Stephan
>
Of course there are:
the verb meaning 'want/desire', the more polite
form equivalent to English
"would like", the deontic modal meaning
'should', and several related
mental state verbs with meanings such as
'hope', 'wish', 'anticipate', 'be
eager for', etc.
By the way, I answered the original poster's question
about imperatives
in an earlier message to the Katanda list. Here it
is again:
A middle plus A/P-d is equivalent to P-d "Jepumpumoy", which
means
'Open!' or 'Become open!'. To capture the semantics correctly,
use a
vocative and an imperative:
Jepumpamoy
dayfo!
= Open the window!
Dufamwe! Jepumpamoy dayfo!
= You! Open the
window!
or
Jepumpamoy dufamwe
dayfo!
= You, open the door!
Since a vocative has
the syntax of an oblique argument, it can appear in
any argument
position.
Regards,
Rick Morneau
http://www.eskimo.com/~ram
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