Re: Few vs. a few

caeruleancentaur wrote:
> I notice a difference in connotation in these two expressions.  "A few
> people attended the meeting," means simply that there was a small
> number in attendance.  "Few people attended the meeting" connotes a
> certain disappointment: "There were not as many people in attendance as
> we had expected."
>
> How do you handle this in your conlangs, especially if your conlang has
> no indefinite article.
>
> Or in any natlang you may know.  I wonder of "Poca gente asistieron en
> la reunion" conveys both meanings.
Hmm, I haven't thought about this before, but it occurs to me that "few"
can modify a verb (in Minza). You could say something like "People fewly
attended the meeting".