> thank you.
>
> (please scroll).
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> >From: Mike Ellis <nihilsum@...>
> >To: <>
> >> Rodlox wrote:
> >
> > > based on ideas in this list...
> > >
> > >Possible Glossary for a Conlang...
> > >
> > >Pronouns:
> > > | male | female
> > >plains | ien | ine
>
> > When would you refer to a mountain as male and when would you refer to
it
> as
> > female? Same with desert, caves, etc...
>
> why do western European languages refer to ships and the ocean (for
> example) as being gendered?
> would that be a good analogy? a bad analogy?
>
>
> > >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"?
>
> yep...basically "the ground's heading downhill [in a landslide] !!"
(aka,
> "LANDSLIDE!").
>
> > Or
> > something else?
> > Does "smooth" as a verb mean "to be smooth" or "to make sthg. smooth"?
>
> generally, to make smooth.
>
> > And what about the forms simply given as "word"... if they aren't a noun
> or
> > a verb, when are these forms used?
>
> mostly to shape the sentance's enviroment.
>
> well, for example, the word for "land"...when combined with
> "smooth"...makes "plain" (smooth/smoothed land).
>
> I hope this helps.
>
>