Re: Affixes and other things... (Was: Basque Article)

ira@rempt.xs4all.nl writes:
>I've been worried that Valdyan was becoming too regular, because when
>a new word comes up it brings a bunch of other words made with the
>usual affixes  (_for_ "worship" is the worst, it has a field of
>thirteen words) but a quick look at the dictionary reassures me: it's
>only globally regular, sometimes a derivation means something
>completely different from what one would expect. For instance: _dyst_
>"drapery", _dysta_ "to cover with a drapery", _le dysta_ "to hide"
><fx: image of child under bedclothes>, _dysten_ "wall-hanging"
>(obviously to hide ugly masonry). Just like a real language ;-)
>
>   Irina
Well, i dont intend to make it very naturalistic (for instance the verbs
are very regular and there are no irregular verbs) :). This is more for me
to play around with things i like. I probably will come across derivations
that i wouldnt expect. As i work on it, it probably will start heading
towards a naturalistic language. I doubt i can keep it very artificial for
very long (especially if i start making up idioms, etc.).

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