[tied] Re: Latin - English derivatives

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "P&G" <petegray@...> wrote:

> > > 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

Yes, it is puzzling. I was referring to some mechanical associations
one makes about German verb forms (I also turned out influenced). Of
course, referring to the participle as just Perfekt is wrong. Yet if
you hear it often...

Eva