Re: "Abilitative" aspect?
| From: | Herman Miller <hmiller@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, October 25, 2002, 2:37 |
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On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 09:24:43 -0400, Ian Maxwell <umlaut@...>
wrote:
>'Allo,
>
>Apparently I've been thinking about conlanging in my sleep, because I
>just invented a new verb aspect. Or re-invented it, more likely.
>
>Specicifically, I'm conceiving of an aspect that marks having the
>ability to do something. So, it would turn "to run" into "to be able to
>run". There could also be a seperate aspect for being allowed to do
>something, so that it would become "to be allowed to run". And, while
>we're at it, there could be one for willingness ("to be willing to run").
Tirelat uses the "potential" mode (suffix -ba) to mark ability (among other
things).
Lkadzabanen me lháv.
l -kadza-ba -ne-n me lháv
1s-eat -POT-EN-PF ACC glass
I can eat glass.
Rlatabazaj ÿaki tirelhat?
r -lata -ba -zaj ÿaki tirelhat
2s-speak-POT-QU using Tirelat
Do you speak Tirelat?
POT potential
EN experience, nonpast
PF perfective
ACC accusative
QU question
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