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MorphemeAddict@hidden.email wrote:
>
> When "zunxumoma" is used, does it normally have a tense with it ("dasu" I
> assume), or is it complete alone?
>
> Zunxumoma - Similarly, ..., Likewise, ..., In like manner, ....
> Note that "Zunxumoma" is a verb that takes a single core
> argument, even though the English translation requires a
> fronted adverb.
>
> Same question for the other verbal disjuncts:
> ...
Since they're verbs, they have tense, and the default tense for all
verbs is past-perfective. However, the English adverbial translation
does not provide tense. The tense is implied by what follows.
This means that a tense/aspect disjunct will have to precede the verbal
disjunct if its argument is not past tense.
Regards,
Rick Morneau
http://www.eskimo.com/~ram