From: Isaac Penzev (isaacp@ukr.net)
Date: Fri May 16 2003 - 08:45:47 EST
Nik Taylor cazdy:
> Isaac Penzev wrote:
> > I'm quite sure Japanese is much more ideal:
That was irony.
> > all cases are denoted by
> > postpositional particles, there are only 2 irregular verbs
>
> Four: Kuru, Suru, Iku, and Da.
Well, I meant _kuru_ and _suru_. As for _iku_, it shows irregularity only in
past stem forms: _itta_, _itte_, _ittara_ etc., right? I wonder if _da_ can be
counted as a real verb.
> Plus, certain honorific verbs ending in
> -ru have -i for the 2nd form instead of -ri (kudasaru -> kudasaimasu)
> and -i for the imperative instead of -re (kudasai rather than kudasare)
Haisoudesu. And those tricky verbs that end in -eru/-iru, but still belong to
the I Conjugation (that is, -R- is a part of the stem), e.g. _hashiru_ 'to run'
> _hashiranai_ 'not to run', not *hashinai*...
> > the word order is fixed.
>
> Word order is fairly free in Japanese, just so long as the verb is
> final.
And so long as subject precedes object, and attribute precedes definée...
Anyway, my Japanese is too rusty (it was almost 10 years ago, and for quite a
short time), so don't take all this seriously :)
With much respect,
~~~~~~Yitzik~~~~~~
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