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Re: A New Project From the Creator Of Silindion

From:Elliott Lash <al260@...>
Date:Sunday, August 11, 2002, 16:50
faceloran@JUNO.COM writes:


> Treyes Elliot Lash raf: > <snip interesting system of verb markers> > > If you have both of those markers, are there some verbs that have > neither? If not, then one of them is unnecessary and would probably be > dropped from most longer verbs quickly. Or do they mark words as being > verbs as well as what type? If so, then think about having different sets > of conjugations with each type.
Yes, there are some verbs that don't take the directional prefixes: those which are less transfer oriented. These verbs have slightly different morphology: jel- "to live" gnirak- "to snow" gai- "to sing about" (as opposed to jegai- "to sing to") mazhdrai- "to dream" The main differences are (using jegai- as a transfer verb and mazhdrai- as a non-transfer verb): Conjunctive participle: mazhdraiud "and dreaming" (+ud) ~ jegai (+zero) Imperative: mazhdraidz "dream!" (+dz) ~ jegairdz (+rdz) ~ (no- verbs:) nagigz "route, drive away!"