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Re: Noun/Verb distinction

From:Mau Rauszer <maurauser@...>
Date:Sunday, September 22, 2002, 15:27
Padraic Brown 2002.09.19. 23:33:42 +2h-kor írta:
> --- Mau Rauszer <maurauser@...> wrote: > > > Well adjectives are all the same in Meyadhew too > > they only receive an adjectival ending to indicate > > that they function as adjectives. > > They don't even get that in Talarian. Where English > would use adjectives, Talarian uses attributive nouns. > So you get "ahus çerewuça", horse of speed (=fast > horse) and "ahus Hahanuça", horse of John (=John's > horse).
Well I did not used this because I thought it wasn't clear enough.
> How do M. adjective phrases look?
Like this: ndo mwe gaš the wise cat (lit. the cat wise) (M. and most of mammal languages are head-initial) Well probably in a few weeks those words will no longer be correct because I plan a great revision of M. with creating a brand new vocabulary. -- Mau Ábrahám Zsófia alias Mau Rauszer | http://www.hiaqimau.tk | "Yú lawe ta mau taqe yibali amis qi ú neb dagu tawiy iq." -- Kipling

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Padraic Brown <elemtilas@...>