George Boeree | Re: [LFN] Constructions with ‘ia’ and ‘va’

Deve is an auxiliary verb; ia is a grammatical particle; ave is a verb.

On Oct 13, 2005, at 10:13 AM, activeselective wrote:
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> Hmm. You confuse me even more!
> Is 'el debe ia come' wrong?
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> To me it sounds like:
> El ia come = she ate
> El debe come = she must eat
> El debe ia come = she must have eaten (verb 'come')
> El debe ia ave come = she must have had food (noun 'come')
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> It also sounds to me like:
> debe = verb
> ia = verb
> ave = verb
> and not only 'ave'
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> Thanks,
> AS
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