Re: adj.
From: | Shreyas Sampat <nsampat@...> |
Date: | Tuesday, October 3, 2000, 3:34 |
> And I made a silly error. I've abolished <w> and <y>, since they were
> merely allophones of /i/ and /u/ anyways, but I still occasionally leave
> them in. The first word should've been _guatiántu_.
Silly errors are the best kind.
> I *love* that word!
Thank you. It's one of my efforts to showcase the Rixuli mindset - pleasure is a
duty like any other, and so it must be balanced with the rest.
> Interesting. Is there any way of combining the negative with one of the
> others? For instance, how would you say "Do not go", or "Fortunately,
> the trees did not fall"?
They simply pile up on each other, with those at the top of the list appearing
first. *scrolls* Rather, negative before imperative before either atitude. Or
you could use auxiliaries, but that's not preferred in formal Rixuli, as it's
verbose.
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