Re: genitive

From: "Nik Taylor" <fortytwo@...>

> ebera wrote:
> > In the way they work, adjectives are nouns.
>
> In European languages, yes, but not in all languages.  Japanese, among
> many others, treats certain adjectives as verbs, complete with past
> tense, negative inflections (Japanese verbs inflect for
> positive/negative), polite forms (altho for adjectives that consists
> merely of adding _desu_), and so on.  There are other languages that
> treat *all* adjectives as verbs.
Semitic languages, for instance. As well as my conlang Tech. (Unless you
derive a noun from that verb.)

~Danny~