Re: An incomplete, but interesting, Conlang sketch

----- Original Message -----
From: H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2004 7:51 PM
Subject: Re: An incomplete, but interesting, Conlang sketch


> [Sorry for sending this so late: I was in the middle of composing this
> reply when the work computer crashed, causing me to lose the
> connection to my session, and I forgot about this message afterwards.]
 sorry to hear that bit of bad news; hope everything's/everythings' better
now.


> >
> > kam pfring sleqampapfring
> > I      move  OBJ.river
> > I swam in the river
> >
> > There is a reverse prefix, as well - turning objects into features -
'kan-'.
>
> What about if you wanted to move the river? (I know it doesn't make
> sense semantically, but what if you could transplant rivers?)
  would "moving the river" be a good description of re-directing the river's
flow?  (and isn't that what canal projects do?).