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Re: "two be"

From:nicole dobrowolski <fuzzybluemonkeys@...>
Date:Saturday, December 29, 2001, 16:46
--- froge sionk daniel andreasson:
> This is rather like "individual" and "stage" level. > Marcus Smith and Matt Pearson know more about this, > but both of them are nomail iirc, so I'll give it > a shot. > > 1. The snake is_poisonous:INDIVIDUAL. > > 2. I am_cold:STAGE. > > In the first sentence the snake is poisonous from > birth. It is an inherent property. It's always > poisonous and always has been. Hence "individual". > > In the second sentence I am only cold temporarily, > not inherently. It's only a stage in my life, so to > say. Thus "stage" level. >
so originally i was going to use this with just a little bit of tweaking to the 'indiviual' to make it more of a 'to be always' (i.e. the snake wouldn't have to be born poisonous... if he suddenly became poisonous and was going to be that way forever more then after that point he could be considered 'to be always'...) but then i thought maybe i could use it as a tense marker like 'froge' indicates past tense and 'klatura' indicates future tense... there would be a happening always tense... however this gets a bit tricky when i was working on a translation of the north wind and sun story... because the story is all in past tense but there's a line that says "...the first one to succeed in making the traveler take off his cloak should be stronger than the other."... so in narethanaal the verbs 'to make' and 'to remove' would be past and future... because in the past they were going to do it in the future... if that makes sense..? and then for "should be stronger" the 'to be' would be past, future, and then after that future point happening always... so then it would be in narethanaal: 'froge klatura toled yest' past future always to be i guess it's ok... it just seems a bit excessive...any suggestions..? ...nicole got monkeys? ===== shmuli atae muhnkia-jiqek qelek nimmekel-Luddiga blå apor-flauschige blaue Affen-tódifai kówainG MANgKIWi-mêndos êzoros faffalos-khami zhaftami nuri xhan-jasánni júñi jakihéññi-Moncaithe gorma clúmhacha-Monhyey ngonul hweyaru ryehyumeru-muncaidhean gorma molach-jhachtaraadkimyo-monos peludos azules-pushistye sinie obe&#380;iany-zçínesfersaup sülíraup böfparaup-k&#281;dzierzawe niebieskie ma&#322;py-cirmos ke'k majmok-fuzzi serule mini-primate-Hlässöbonakkäa Jonäjë-pluizige blauwe aapjes-menomeno yanubi wayanoso-monkátí kosipi eyoh-macacos nebulosos azuis-pukhnasti blakytni mavpy-lådne blå aber __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com