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Re: "ser" and "estar" (to be)

Philip Newton ([email protected])

From: Philip Newton <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: "ser" and "estar" (to be)
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2004 22:13:58 +0100
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On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 14:01:05 -0600, Steven Boozer
<[email protected]> wrote:

> By your argument, you should be able to say *{jIQuchpu'} "I have
> been happy, I used to be happy" (but I'm not now) or even
> {jIQuchta'}.

And why not? Though I think I might gloss {jIQuchta'} as "I set out to
become happy, and managed to do so", and {jIQuchpu'} perhaps as "I was
happy / I will have been happy".

Philip

HovpoH 1509.63

References:
- Re: "ser" and "estar" (to be)
  - From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
- Re: "ser" and "estar" (to be)
  - From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>
- Re: "ser" and "estar" (to be)
  - From: "David Trimboli" <[email protected]>
- Re: "ser" and "estar" (to be)
  - From: Steven Boozer <[email protected]>

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