X-Digest-Num: 77 Message-ID: <44114.77.464.959273824@eGroups.com> Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 13:55:55 -0500 From: SwiftRain Subject: Re: lo lunra selgusni ninmu X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 464 Content-Length: 856 Lines: 24 "Jorge J. Llambías" wrote: > > Yes, and the way to do it is what you have above. It is also possible > to join tenses with logical connectors, but that gives a different > meaning. For example: {ko'a mi puzu je bazu xanjai} means > "she held my hand long ago and she will hold my hand in the > future", i.e. possibly two separate events, whereas {ko'a mi > puzuku bazuku xanjai} describes a single event, which is, > I believe, what you want in this case. i see. but what does it mean to say that a single event is both puzu and bazu? does that mean that it stretches from far past to far future -- does "puzuku bazuku broda" assert that "caku broda"? .i mi na djica le nu cusku le du'u la djes. mi ca xanjai .imu'i mi la djes. .iu caze'aca na kansa ja viska .uinai > Yes, attitudinals can be attached to most anything. go'i .ui