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Re: Sisters of kaana...asbaHaa, adHaa, zalla, amsaa, baataa
by "Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim" <Jdibrahim@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Jan 3, 2007 at 10:30 PM
| These verbs are referred to as sisters of ka:na because:
1. Like English link(ing) verbs all these verbs are existential. In
addition to verbs seeming and appearing which are usually not
classified as sisters of ka:na (bada:/yabdu:, Zahara/yaZharu. There are
thirteen of these verbs.
2. All of them require the accusative marker on the predicate
3. They function as auxiliary verbs for forming compound tenses
corresponding to English past continuous or future perfect
Some of them have a timeline (in ascending order):
Inceptive (?aSbaHa, ?aDha:) - continuation (ma:za:la, maDa: didn't
disappear or went to end) - closing (amsa:, ba:ta:
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qureshna@[EMAIL PROTECTED |
2007-01-01 14:54:26 |
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"Yusuf B Gursey" |
2007-01-03 13:51:49 |
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"Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim |
2007-01-03 16:51:52 |
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"Yusuf B Gursey" |
2007-01-03 17:43:16 |
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"Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim |
2007-01-03 22:30:11 |
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qureshna@[EMAIL PROTECTED |
2007-01-04 12:29:34 |
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"Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim |
2007-01-04 14:50:07 |
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"Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim |
2007-01-04 22:48:23 |
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qureshna@[EMAIL PROTECTED |
2007-01-05 05:17:42 |
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"Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim |
2007-01-05 07:14:49 |
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2007-01-06 07:16:42 |
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