Re: [tied] Re: Ablaut, hi-conjugation, stress alternation, etc

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 46787
Date: 2006-12-26

On 2006-12-26 20:52, Richard Wordingham wrote:

> What if they were 'performative' statements, as though explaining what
> is happening in some ritual? Would the perfective for an English
> present make sense then? I think the present tense would then be
> punctual in English.

Russian and Polish would use the imperfective form then (as for habitual
actions).

Piotr