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Re: Grammar sketchlang - improving?

From:Mike Ellis <nihilsum@...>
Date:Tuesday, September 28, 2004, 19:46
Rodlox wrote:

> based on ideas in this list... > >Possible Glossary for a Conlang... > >Pronouns: > | male | female >plains | ien | ine >mountain | iña | iñ >scrub | ioñe | oñe >desert | niñ | ñin >caves | oeñ | oen >coast | ayoñ | ayñ >lake | añ | añea >sea | ana | aña
When would you refer to a mountain as male and when would you refer to it as female? Same with desert, caves, etc...
>Wordlist: > | word | word-as-noun | word-as-verb >landslide | aka-ebe | akayebe | akanebe >smooth | oa-eb |oayneb | oaneb |{note: when the >word ends in a consonant, insert an |n| following the |y|}.
Would "landslide" as a verb mean "a landslide happens/happened"? Or something else? Does "smooth" as a verb mean "to be smooth" or "to make sthg. smooth"? And what about the forms simply given as "word"... if they aren't a noun or a verb, when are these forms used? M