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Autor: activeselective
Tema: Re: [LFN] Constructions with ‘ia’ and ‘va’
Data: 2005-10-14 09:54
Mesaje: 1747 (a supra, presedente, seguente)

--- In LinguaFrancaNova@yahoogroups.com, George Boeree
<cgboeree@a...> wrote:
>
> I think the problem lies in English, not in LFN.  Must, as an
> auxiliary (or more precisely, a modal) verb, does not have a
tense,
> so the tense must be indicated in the following verb, and in odd
ways
> (since the verb should use the subjunctive, which hardly exists
> anymore in English!)
> [...]

Aha, now I see!
And I also see my confusion: in my native language (Dutch) "must"
does have a tense: "moet" (present), "moest" (past).

> [...examples...]
>
> (I'm getting tired, aren't you?)

Yes, non-LFN languages makes me tired too.

Grasias,
AS