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From: HeliodoR <exitconsole@gmail.com>
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>
> That's a matter of opinion - many linguists would say that English has
> only two tenses: present and past. The rest is done with modal verbs
> (e.g. "will") and aspect (e.g. perfective). If you look at English
> "tenses" as combinations of tense and aspect, the Lojban way of doing
> things seems a little less strange.


Yes. And much more systematic.
Thanks for this info, anyway.
I've heard that every (*every*!) language has past tense. Which is a bit
surprising if You think of that not all of them break up to words. (Some
really weird langs consist of elements that sign almost whole sentences.)

mi'e darves.

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<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0=
px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">That's a matter of opinion - man=
y linguists would say that English has<br>only two tenses: present and past=
. The rest is done with modal verbs
<br>(e.g. &quot;will&quot;) and aspect (e.g. perfective). If you look at En=
glish<br>&quot;tenses&quot; as combinations of tense and aspect, the Lojban=
 way of doing<br>things seems a little less strange.</blockquote>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>Yes. And much more systematic.</div>
<div>Thanks for this info, anyway.</div>
<div>I've heard that every (*every*!) language has past tense. Which is a b=
it</div>
<div>surprising if You think of that not&nbsp;all&nbsp;of them&nbsp;break u=
p to words.&nbsp;(Some</div>
<div>really weird langs consist of elements that sign almost whole sentence=
s.)</div>
<div>&nbsp;</div>
<div>mi'e darves.</div></div>

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