Antonio Fonseca | Re: [LFN] Constructions with ‘ia’ and ‘va’

• Autor: Antonio Fonseca (“acrfonseca”)
• Tema: Re: [LFN] Constructions with ‘ia’ and ‘va’
• Data: 2005-10-14 11:18
• Mesaje: 1749 (a supra, presedente, seguente)

And probably in Dutch you have a subjunctive or a konjuntif  or the like.

Sds.
Antonio

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>--- 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
>
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