Talk:lengen-aka

RFC discussion: September 2007–December 2010
Bad header. This is a single word, not a phrase. —Stephen 16:26, 8 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Very good. Is it a verb, then?  --Connel MacKenzie 23:49, 8 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Yes, this particular one could be called a verb, an expression, or a sentence. Aleut is a polysynthetic language and the parts that go to make up expressions usually cannot stand independently as words. Polysynthetic languages don’t have many of the simple words that Indo-European languages have, and the smallest unit is often a sentence or clause (but not a phrase, since phrases are characteristic of analytical and agglutinative languages). —Stephen 07:28, 9 September 2007 (UTC)


 * I still don't see how "phrase" doesn't fit. Since when does it need to be more than one word to be a phrase?  Our definitions certainly imply that it does not need to be more than one.  That said, if you can say with any certainty that it should be a 'verb', then by all means, please make that correction.  --Connel MacKenzie 23:38, 14 September 2007 (UTC)


 * Duly changed. — Beobach 21:50, 1 December 2010 (UTC)