Iterative

[Jan Terje Faarlund]

At 16:28 18.08.2003 +0200, Gideon Goldenberg wrote:
> > In Zoque there is a verbal suffix -ket, which is used to denote a
> > single repetion ('do it again'). I gloss this as REP (=repetitive).
> >
> >Jan Terje Faarlund
>
>Well, in english there is a prefix  re-


Of course, but there is a difference: Zoque -ket seems to be productive,
while English re- hardly is: *I rewent to the store.

Jan Terje



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