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Re: Typologic survey, part II

From:Patrick Dunn <tb0pwd1@...>
Date:Wednesday, January 31, 2001, 17:17
On Wed, 31 Jan 2001, dirk elzinga wrote:

> > Name of the participating conlang:
Hrondu
> > 2: Order of genitive (G), and noun (N)
GN
> > How is it shown?
With the post-position "wo" or "we" coming after the genitive noun.
> > 3: Order of adjective (A) and noun (N)
AN. Adjectives are prefixed to the noun they modify.
> > Does the language have a closed class of adjectives?
No.
> > If there is not a separate open adjective-class, what type of words do > > the work of adjectives, verbs or nouns?
Verbs
> > Regardless of being a separate class or not: > > How are they similar, how do they differ from verbs and nouns?
Adjectives are simply stative verbs. There is no difference.
> > Can they take a copula (that is: need/don't need equivalent of "to be")?
Adjectives do not take a copula. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Living your life is a task so difficult, it has never been attempted before.