Augment (was: primary endings)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "elmeras2000" <jer@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Piotr Gasiorowski <gpiotr@...>
> wrote:

So, to

> continue
> > speculating, the past meaning of the augment may have developed in
> > story-telling, with "Now I go there..." (with "now" functioning
> like
> > "next") reinterpreted as "Then I go/went there..." (with remote
> deixis).
>
> And with the imperfect? The imperfect is supposed to not be changing
> the situation. I find this hard to fit together, though I am
> relatively sure it *is* part of the truth.

Now, I was catching up on the day's posts when I realised I had
something to contribute. :)

Rihcard.