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--- Mark J. Reed skrzypszy: > In French, the descendant of stare seems to have disappeared > entirely, and some of its semantic space is indeed now occupied by > the descendant of essere, [...] Not entirely. The verb "�tre" incorporates several forms of STARE as well: the imperfect tense "j'�tais, tu �tais ..." and the perfect participle "�t�" (from STATUS). Jan "If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito." http://steen.free.fr/ . Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com