Re: going without "without"
| From: | Adam Parrish <myth@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, August 17, 1999, 9:28 |
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On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Jim Grossmann wrote:
> RE: W/O W/O
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> 1. Could you use an adverbial construction: The woman walks stickless?
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> This might be more awkward with heavy noun phrases, but this obstacle is not
> insurmountable.
>
Oooooh, wow, I like this. Mind if I borrow (steal) it for
Kusthu"? It'd go a little something like this:
tvoseth ku"ns ty gvecintetho kho"th.
tvos-eth ku"ns ty gve-cint-eth-o kho"th
old-PP woman NOM LACK-stick-PP-ADV walk
The old woman walks sticklessly.
(hmmm, I had to make up almost all of those words, plus the
derivational affix _gve-_. To cross threads: making up vocabulary *is*
the most annoying part of conlanging -- though in the end it's probably
the most rewarding part.)
Back to packing for Berkeley,
Adam
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