Is pilin a modal, is monsuta an adverb, or is monsuta an unmarked complement (cf jan li pilin e monsuta or jan li pilin tan monsuta)?jan Ote wrote:Should we rather use the form:janMato wrote:mi monsuto ala tawa sona sin, taso mi monsuto tawa pali. a a ajan-ante wrote:it sounds like a fear of research. is it?
mi pilin monsuta ala tan sona sin, taso mi pilin monsuta tan pali.
or not?Then "monsuta" used as a verb is "to be fearsome; to make fear; to frighten; to scare" or "to feel fear"?monsuta
1. creature that preys on humans
2. a real or imaginary threat
3. an object of fear
akesi suli li tawa wawa li monsuta e jan. jan li pilin monsuta.
Your version is less ambiguous. My version is shorter. I've been wondering how much semantic ground bare verbs cover. We've determined that moku covers all tenses, imperfect/perfect, continuous/not-continuous, probably more. Does it cover active to passive transformations?
I eat. mi moku.
I will eat. mi moku.
I ate. mi moku.
I am eating. mi moku.
I was eating. mi moku.
I have eating. mi moku.
I have been eaten. ?/* mi moku. (passive)
I just ate. mi moku.(recent past)
I would have eaten. ? mi moku. (irrealis)
I probably would have eaten. ? mi moku. (irrealis)
It's been rumored I am eating. ? mi moku. (evidentials)