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- From: John Leake <jesleake AT yahoo.co.uk>
- To: Jonathan Mohler <jonathan.mohler AT gmail.com>
- Cc: B-Hebrew Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Verbal Aspect
- Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 09:20:38 +0100
Jonathan, I at least was speaking about _forms_ of the prefix verb that are most clearly found in Classical Arabic and other West Semitic languages. In Arabic the three forms of the prefix verb are: yaqtulu - the basic form traditionally called the indicative mood yaqtula - traditionally called the subjunctive mood yaqtul - traditionally called the jussive mood Arab grammarians call all three moods collectively المضارع /al-muDāri'/ 'the similar'. Individually they are المضارع المرفوع 'the similar ending in -u', المضارع المنصوب 'the accusative similar' (both forms generally end in -a) and المضارع المجزوم 'the apocopated similar'. In function, the subjunctive mood works following certain particles that give the verb a meaning of potentiality: 'that' أن /'an/ 'in order' لِـ /li-/ كَيْ /kay/ and combinations of the above. 'until' حتى /Hattā/ 'will not' لن /lan/ The jussive is used as a first and third-person imperative (more rarely as a polite second person imperative) with the particle لِـ /li-/ (I incorrectly wrote /la/ on a previous post). It is also used with the negative particle لم /lam/ as a negative equivalent of the perfect (suffix tense). And it is used in the same way as the perfect in the apostasis of a conditional sentence. There's also an energetic jussive used for commands, in Arabic always after the negative particle لا 'not' also used with the imperative. It is a modification of the jussive appending /-n/ or /-nna/. Rather like נא after a cohortative of jussive, I suppose. The suffix form, incidentally, they call الماضي 'the carried out, the accomplished' (the Latin perfectum is about right). John Leake ان صاحب حياة هانئة لا يدونها انما يحياها He who has a comfortable life doesn't write about it - he lives it ----------------------------------
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Re: [b-hebrew] Verbal Aspect,
Rolf, 05/30/2013
- Re: [b-hebrew] Verbal Aspect, Ken Penner, 05/30/2013
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Re: [b-hebrew] Verbal Aspect,
Jonathan Mohler, 05/30/2013
- Re: [b-hebrew] Verbal Aspect, Rolf, 05/30/2013
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Re: [b-hebrew] Verbal Aspect,
John Leake, 05/30/2013
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Re: [b-hebrew] Verbal Aspect,
John Leake, 05/30/2013
- Re: [b-hebrew] Verbal Aspect, Isaac Fried, 05/30/2013
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Re: [b-hebrew] Verbal Aspect,
John Leake, 05/30/2013
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Re: [b-hebrew] Verbal Aspect,
Rolf, 05/30/2013
- Re: [b-hebrew] Verbal Aspect, Ken Penner, 05/30/2013
- Re: [b-hebrew] Verbal Aspect, Jonathan Mohler, 05/30/2013
- Re: [b-hebrew] Verbal Aspect, Rolf, 05/31/2013
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