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by em3ry
Mon Jan 24, 2022 3:17 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Transitive form of intransitive verbs
Replies: 10
Views: 3523

Re: Transitive form of intransitive verbs

I am specifically interested in the verb forms of adjectives denoting properties of objects. (hot, long, blue, hard...)
by em3ry
Mon Jan 24, 2022 2:37 pm
Forum: Conlangery
Topic: Transitive form of intransitive verbs
Replies: 10
Views: 3523

Transitive form of intransitive verbs

In my conlang adjectives are verbs:
  • "It is being-blue".
What meaning could be assigned to the transitive form of such a word?
  • "It is being-blue it".
by em3ry
Wed Jan 19, 2022 5:23 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Tense, aspect, & what?
Replies: 34
Views: 10882

Re: Tense, aspect, & what?

well I was "going to" try to explain it to you but since you don't seem to be getting it I guess I will no longer be "going to" do that.
by em3ry
Wed Jan 19, 2022 4:51 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Tense, aspect, & what?
Replies: 34
Views: 10882

Re: Tense, aspect, & what?

1, 2, & 3 are all happening at 2. The speaker is speaking at 2 and is looking forward in time to what is about to happen (#3) or or looking back in time to what just happened (#1). The speaker starts "going to fix" at the beginning of the first red arrow (#1) and continues to do so til...
by em3ry
Wed Jan 19, 2022 2:24 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Tense, aspect, & what?
Replies: 34
Views: 10882

Re: Tense, aspect, & what?

You put ... "have been" before the thing it describes "I have been fixing" (#4) describes the entire time period from the start of the fixing until the moment marked with a 5. The statement itself is made by the speaker at the moment marked with a 5. The speaker is looking back ...
by em3ry
Wed Jan 19, 2022 2:01 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Tense, aspect, & what?
Replies: 34
Views: 10882

Re: Tense, aspect, & what?

All this is complicated by the fact that when you switch to the past tense you also switch the direction of the verb.

I am going to fix.
I am fixing.
The car is fixed.

Hence the use of "having fixed" and "having been" in the posts above.
by em3ry
Wed Jan 19, 2022 12:20 am
Forum: Languages
Topic: Tense, aspect, & what?
Replies: 34
Views: 10882

Re: Tense, aspect, & what?

then what are 1,3,4,6,7,9? They are the time periods that the speaker is referring to. 4 is "I have been fixing (something)". The speaker is referring back to the time period during which he was fixing something which extends from the beginning of the box up to 5. (1)I AM having been goin...
by em3ry
Tue Jan 18, 2022 11:50 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Tense, aspect, & what?
Replies: 34
Views: 10882

Re: Tense, aspect, & what?

The box represents the time period during which "fixing" is taking place. Time is moving in the direction of the arrows. The moment "I am", during which the speaker is speaking is speaking, is the present which is either 2, 5, or 8. 2 is an arbitrary moment before "fixing&qu...
by em3ry
Tue Jan 18, 2022 10:33 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Tense, aspect, & what?
Replies: 34
Views: 10882

Re: Tense, aspect, & what?

number 4 is simply "I have been fixing". I just extended that pattern and regularized it.
by em3ry
Tue Jan 18, 2022 8:16 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Tense, aspect, & what?
Replies: 34
Views: 10882

Re: Tense, aspect, & what?

I started with the grammatical sentences and then regularized them. This question isn't about English grammar. It's a question about tenses and aspects and whatever the other thing is.
by em3ry
Tue Jan 18, 2022 8:11 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Tense, aspect, & what?
Replies: 34
Views: 10882

Re: Tense, aspect, & what?

See the edit I made to the op.
by em3ry
Tue Jan 18, 2022 5:59 pm
Forum: Languages
Topic: Tense, aspect, & what?
Replies: 34
Views: 10882

Tense, aspect, & what?

Tense + ???? + aspect. What I want to know is what is " ???? "? (3)I AM going to be going to fix (6)I AM going to be fixing... (9)I AM going to be having fixed (2)I AM going to fix... (5)I AM fixing... (8)I AM having fixed... (1)I AM having been going to fix... (4)I AM having been fixing.....