Re: USAGE: Well, at least he created numbers.....
| From: | Adam Walker <dreamertwo@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, January 20, 2002, 15:53 |
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>From: Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...>
>Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 15:51:11 +0100
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>Speaking of Chinese numerals, did anyone work out a system that, like in
>Mandarin, mark missing orders? I mean, in Chinese, 409 is (sorry, I don't
>know
>the tone numbers, so this one will be toneless, but I suppose everyone with
>a
>little knowledge of Chinese can work them out): si-bai-ling-jiu:
>4-100-empty-9.
>I find such an idea quite cool :))) .
>
Well, ling2 doesn't mean empty. I *can* mean "rain" or "to fall like
leaves", but not empty. However, in Taiwanese khong3 is the same character
as empty.
However, this brings me to a question I've been meaning to ask for several
months now. What does the prhase "four thousand nine" mean in your
conlangs? In English it would mean 4009, but in Chinese it means 4900.
What do you do with this?
>Still have to work out Itakian numerals... I have the strange intuition
>that
>they are gonna be verbs :))) .
>
>Christophe.
Seems like Lrahran numbers were verbs. Lrahran only had verbs and nouns
plus a few conjunctions.
Adam
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