On 02/22/2001 at 1:00 AM Henrik Theiling wrote:
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>I'd like to know what ways exist of rendering the verb `to have' in
>other languages (both natural and constructed).
Irish Gaelic uses an idiom:
Ta' leabhar agam.
Is book at-me.
I have a book.
And also an idiom for "to own":
Is liom an leabhar.
Is with-me the book.
I own the book.
Those of my conlangs that are far enough along to tell all seem to have
a specific verb that means "to have."
Cian Ross cian@io.com
http://www.io.com/~cian/conlang/
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