Re: [tied] Re: Latin - English derivatives

From: P&G
Message: 24347
Date: 2003-07-09

> > And as a German, what word would you use to describe the
> compound tense
> > Ich habe as getan, ich bin gekommen?
> > W were taught to call this verbal tense das Perfektum.
>
> Peter, I am not a German. The tense is called Perfekt.

What puzzled me was your statement that for you "perfect" meant the
participle only.

Peter

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