Re: state verb

# 1 wrote:

> I tought about having in my conlang, all the state verbs derived from the
> same root
>
> I could derive
>
> - to be (or maybe devided it in "ser" and "estar")
> - to become
Become isn't a stative verb. It's active, because it involves a change
of state, from not being something to being something.

> - to stay
> - to seem
>
> from the same root
>
>
> I will have a single root and change the suffix to change them
>
> I'll try to find a logic way to choose the suffixes
>
>
It seems like a better idea to me to do something like Arabic, and
derive stative verbs from active verbs or vice versa. :) For instance,
become is the active form of be, or be is the stative form of become. :)

> could you help me to find other state verbs (with different meaning)?
>
>
Here are some pairs:

ACTIVE            STATIVE
get/acquire            have
die                        be dead
mount                    ride/be riding/be mounted (this is a pair from
Arabic)

*thinks* you know, as soon as I started trying to think of them I
couldn't think of many. But in general, for an active verb the stative
form is often similar to "have ...-ed" in English, (since to have
....-ed implies a present state caused by a past event) which is why
"I've got" is often used for "I have" (the continuing state caused by
acquiring something is to have it).

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