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BestATN@hidden.email wrote: > > In this drill sentence from Lesson 33, why is "pi" present in front of > "mavezdinga", which is past tense by default of its being dynamic. > The only reason I can see is some influence of "myanuncenfe", but I wouldn't > expect it to be enough to force the tense of "mavezdinga" from the default. > > The cat usually appeared when there was sausage on the > table. > Pi mavezdinga casne myanuncenfe gasande pi bagonta > gecayswa vodi vozwe. > You're right! Thanks! > > P.S. Which comes first, the Katanda or the English? > I don't understand this question. > > Can't "usually appeared" just be "nupi" without "myanuncenfe"? > Sort of. The semantics are close but not the same. The adverb is not deictic like the disjunct. Regards, Rick Morneau http://www.eskimo.com/~ram