"PIE grammar made simple", that is, unless your brain is swiss cheese like
mine. Say, I'm in a mood for fondu...
Piotr:
>Sorry, I should have written "of the past tense" (not only the >aorist), as
>there are also durative ("imperfect") injunctives.
Erh, just past tense? Or can it also be PRESENT-durative? I have never fully
understood what the injunctive actually is... Is it just "may he" or "let's"
as opposed to "do it!"?? Is the prohibitive "injunctive" or "imperative"? At
any rate, one website mentions Coptic /maref-sotm/ as an "injunctive". It is
translated as "let him hear, may he hear". The translation doesn't sound
like a "past tense"... So excuse me if I say, "�Qu�? No lo comprendo,
se�or." Could you give English examples of these mood-aspects to better
clarify?
Secondly, what's the scoop on the *me: negator. Is it supposed to be just an
injunctive negator or wha'?
- gLeN
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