Re: PIE meaning of the Germanic dental preterit

Compound completed past tense --pretérito
perfecto/present perfect in Spanish, passé composé in
French

--- tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer
> Vidal <miguelc@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:44:59 -0800 (PST), Rick
> McCallister
> > <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:
> >
> > >From the viewpoint of Spanish ter feito sounds
> like
> > >"get done" and it's used that way in Spanish
> "(vos)
> > >tenelo hecho" "git 'er done"
> > >It's used as "done and ready" Tengo el ensayo
> escrito
> > >"I have the essay written (and ready)"
> >
> > Much like "habere factum" must have sounded to
> Caesar or
> > Cicero.
> >
>
> You mean the Latin predecessor of the famous Romance
> future infinitive?
>
>
> Torsten
>
>
>

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