Arabic-L:LING:Verb Form Numbers

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Date: 18 Aug 2000
From: Haseeb Shehadeh <Haseeb.Shehadeh at helsinki.fi>
Subject: Verb Form Numbers

With regard to the emergence of the usage of the Roman numbers I, II, III, IV,
etc. in order to point at the Arabic verbal patterns I do remember that
Germans in the late 19th century were the first ones to adapt this system. The
reason behind it is to avoid the difficulty of the pronunciation of the
guttural ain.
Yet, the matter needs further examination
Haseeb Shehadeh

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