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Re: going without "without"

From:Adam Parrish <myth@...>
Date:Tuesday, August 17, 1999, 9:28
On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Jim Grossmann wrote:

> RE: W/O W/O > > 1. Could you use an adverbial construction: The woman walks stickless? > > 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 ----------------------------. myth@inquo.net | http://www.inquo.net/~myth/ | ----------------------------'