Re: [glosalist] Elision and left shift

the problem with “pa” is that it has 2 functions. It gives the time but it also tells you that the phrase is a verb one. “Yesterday i go to the shops and
look at them but come away with nothing. Tomorrow i go again and get some paper.” In English the past tense elision is ok because I know easily which is the verb phrase. In Glosa “go /look /come /get “ can be any part of speech and I often find the sentence difficult to sort out because the position of the verb is difficult to find. this is why Ishoud like all glosa verb phrases to have past, future or present markers of some sort or a separate part of speech marker or group of markers. i.e. “pa-di mi du ki ad plu boteka e va vide mu sed vu veni ab ko nuli ra mi fu ki itera te habe papiri”. “va/ vu/ fu/ te” do intro verb phrase sid

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