Re: adj.

* Mario Bonassin <zebuleon@...> [001001 04:24]:
> I have a question about adjectives that one among you may have the
> answer to.  I was planing on having all adj. be form the verb class.  I
> know that they should conjugate like verbs but should I have an extra
> affix to show its an adj. and what about adverbs should they work the
> same way.  This is one area that is causing me the most trouble is a
> concept that is hard for me to grasp. But I like it. So any advice would
> be appreciated
Since nobody's mentioned it yet... you can have a closed class
of adjectives. An example of a closed class is pronouns in
most languages, there's a fixed number of them. (Of course I
can't remember the details on the excellent article on word
classes/parts of speech I read in Ling 101... I'll get back to
you on that). In short, you can have a handful of adjectives
(light/dark, big/small, bad/good are usual ones but there are
a few more) that for instance are affixed to the word, and in
addition words of a different, open class that also has the
meaning of adjectives. For some reason, French comes to mind:
most adjectives are placed after the noun, but a few, like
belle/beau, grande/grand etc. may be in front of the noun. (NB
this is not a proper example but since I can't the remember the
reference...)


t.