tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Oct 31 01:31:24 1995
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Re: Suppletion
- From: Jarno Peschier <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Suppletion
- Date: Tue, 31 Oct 1995 10:31:10 +0100 (MET)
- In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "MR PAUL J COFFEY" at Oct 24, 95 09:08:09 am
[Quoting MR PAUL J COFFEY]
>
> Jarno Peschier wrote:
> >What was was, before was was was? Before was was was, was was is.
> Cute! I liked it. But the Modern English verb "to be" is the result
> of suppletion. "is" and "was" come from different verbs. One might say
> "was" never was "is." {G}
How was I supposed to know that (English not being my natural language
and not being an (English language) linguist)? I just translated this
litterally from Dutch: "Wat was was voor was was was? Voor was was
was, was was is." ;-)
> Is there any evidence for suppletion in tlhIngan?
What's suppletion exactly anyway (as I said, even though I kind of
like languages a lot, I'm no linguist)...?
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What was was, before was was was? Before was was was, was was is.