Re: Classification and 'to be'

Steg Belsky wrote:
On Sun, 27 Sep 1998 15:02:59 -0300 Pablo Flores
>Rokbeigalmki also somewhat follows this pattern, with a slight
>difference.
>
>_wa'tezat_ /t E z a t/ = "to be", the normal and usual "i am a person",
>etc.
>_wa'tzat_ /ts a t/ = "to exist"
>_wa'netz_ /n E ts/ = "to be at a place"
>
>However, adjective-verbs aren't used to mean "to be tall", etc.,
>(although that's how they were used in Ancient Rokb.), they're used to
>mean "to *become* tall" etc.
Draseleq has a related form for these. It uses either one of two prefixes, (e)n- and sat-.
(E)n- tends to lose the initial e- if it creates a new open syllable. Sat- is much
less frequent. Both prefixes tend to assimilate with the following consonants, and
sometimes it's reciprocal. You can combine them with the reflexive prefix ten-:

_graisten_ "to be tall"
_engraisten_ "to make (sbdy.) tall"
_tenengraisten_ "to make oneself tall"

_konten_ "to be strong"
_sakkonten_ "to make (sbdy.) strong"

I guess "to become strong" would use the passive voice:

_sakkontimban_ "to be made strong"
_tensakkontimban_ "to be made strong (by oneself)"

En- is quite productive, tho not standard. Some constructions like these are idiomatic, like

_tenenqlonataut_  "we'll be great and famous", lit. "we'll make ourselves big"


--Pablo Flores

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