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Re: [katanda] can/try/want

Title: Re: [katanda] can/try/want
In a message dated 2002-09-18 11:53:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time, sts@hidden.email writes:
sts:
i find it still confusing that "can" is expressed by a suffix,
whereas "try" is expressed by a prefix and "want" is expressed by a
verb. can anyone comfort me? :)

i don't know about comforting you, but "try" is now the verb "gixo" instead of prefix "tea-". 
keep trying with "-sn-"; you'll get used to it.  it has to do with the meaning of the suffix:  quality or ability.  as a quality, i doubt that it gives you much trouble.  the ability part will come too.
steven

steven,
this is interesting! argument structure manipulation and part of speech manipulation is interesting... but "-sn-" and it's kin are overly interesting. here we manipulate semantical paradigms... this is close to thinking, i presume. what do you think?
stephan,
sts.