Yes, Karl,(paragogic nuns they're called, aren't they?) but in Hebrew they're so infrequently used that one has to assume the tripartite mood system had collapsed. In Arabic and Ugaritic (and apparently Phoenician and Punic) they are the one consonantal indicator of the indicative mood (the final vowels are the main clue, of course, but rarely indicated) 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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