Re: The Conversive
| From: | Carsten Becker <naranoieati@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, November 2, 2004, 21:00 |
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On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 16:26:01 -0000, caeruleancentaur
<caeruleancentaur@...> wrote:
>While reviewing some Swahili grammar the other day, I came across an
>aspect of the verb called the conversive. The suffix -ua is added to
>the verb to "undo" the action of the verb, e.g., funga, fasten;
>fungua, unfasten.
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>Have any of you encountered this in your study of languages? Have
>any of you used it in your conlang?
Yes. In Ayeri, there's -(ar)ya. I'd like to give you a link, but this part
of the grammar is nonsense ATM and has to be rewritten, too. Sorry I say
this again and again, but I haven't got the time to rework the grammar at
the moment. Maybe I'm going to do that in Christmas holidays.
Carsten