Activity for viäränlaenen
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| Edit | Post #281041 |
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| Edit | Post #281041 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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A: Why past tense in imaginative play in Finnish? Could the child be saying, or aiming at, "nyt se menis nukkumaan"? That would be the usual thing for a child to say when playing house. The form "menis" (in standard Finnish "menisi") is not past tense indicative but present tense conditional: "would go". (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |