Re: new parts of speech/cases

On 30 Apr 02, at 22:07, Jake X wrote:

> My friends and I were thinking about words that could have the same function
> as a pronoun only with verbs. For example:
>
> Mohammamed Ali converted, and others "did so."
Ah! Sounds like the Verdurian verb "fassec": "to do (that)". It can
refer back to a specific verb; the grammar calls it a "verbal anaphor".
(There's also an adjectival anaphor, which can be translated as "such".
The example given is "My wife wanted big green chamberpots, but I
couldn't find any *such*.")

There's also another verbal anaphor "kies", which means "to do what".
So "what are you going to do tomorrow" would be "you-do-what[future]
tomorrow?" with one verb ;)

Cheers,
Philip
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Philip Newton <Philip.Newton@...>

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