Re: describing names

 --- Majken M <blueelkgirl@...> wrote: > Hello
> 1. Her name is Mary
> 2. Her name is beautiful
i haven't really addressed names in bac, but this is
how i'm tempted to do it. ( a note on the verb |Per| :
this verb actually means 'is actual' ; like all verbs
in bac its meaning varies depending on the number of
topics ( read : subjects, but without the implication
of transitivity ) the verb has. it therefore indicates
existence when it has one topic and
equivalence/identity when it has two. )

1 bnachic bnehriy Per /"maSitS "me:4i pEr/
2 bnachic Per ghalj /"maSitS per GaldZ/

notes:
1
—|bac| = sound, language. |bachic| ( note lenition of
the c ) means her/his name. nasalisation of the first
consonant gives the definite direct case
—|bnehriy| is a phonetic spelling of Mary
—|Per| indicates equivalence

2
—|Per| here indicates existence. the name is only
contingently beautiful
—|Gaj| = to look at, see. |galj| is a regularly
derived adjectival noun meaning
'atlookableness'/'beauty'. lenition gives the
indefinite oblique case

translations:
1 her name is and only is Mary
2 her name exists in a beautiful way

for 1 you could also use a verb : |lic Bacic that
bnehriy| 'she says herself with a thing : mary'

for 2 you could drop the word |Per| and verbalise the
adjectival noun: |bnachic Galj| /"maSitS galdZ/

gusesheru
bn

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