Re: Here, *Here*, and There, *There*

On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 09:18:41AM -0400, Steg Belsky wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Jun 2002 07:58:30 +0200 Christophe Grandsire
> <christophe.grandsire@...> writes:
> > En réponse à Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>:
> > > Hmm... you know how different languages have different numbers of
> > > "here/there/yonder" "esta/esa/aquella" etc. gradations?
Hmm, good point. Currently, Ebisedian only has a scant few words for
referring to "here" and "there". Well, actually, it only has "here" :-P

uu'ri ['?u:.r`i] - "here", "this place". Cognate with _uro_, a
prepositional demonstrative meaning "this" or "this one", e.g., _uro
bis33'di_ "this person", as opposed to _aro bis33'di_, "another person"
and _oro bis33'di_, "the second person", "the next person".

I haven't decided on a word for "there" yet. :-(

But on that note... Ebisedian *prepositions* do have a 3-fold gradation:

_ibu'ro_ [?i'bu.r`o]    "at", "in", referring to a location coincident
                        with the noun being modified.

_ili'ro_ [?i'li.r`o]    "around", "near", referring to the immediate
                        vicinity of the noun being modified.

_ita'ro_ [?i'ta.r`o]    "at a distance from", "far from": referring to
                        a point far away from the noun being modified.

Hmm, now that I think about this... I *could* combine these prepositions
with _uu'ri_ to make words for "there" :-) Here goes:

_li'ri_ ['lu.r`i]       "around here", "nearby".
_ta'ri_ ['ta.r`i]       "over there".

Cool. That means the Ebisedian lexicon shall now attain to a grand total
of .... <drumroll> ... 210 entries. :-P


> > >  Imagine a
> > > conlang with a level used for alternate realities, where |here|
> > and
> > > |*here*| are different lexical items...
[snip]

Hmm, that could be interesting. The con-world of Ebisedian *does* have
"parallel" dimensions, although I've never thought about using different
demonstratives to refer to them. That could be an interesting twist in the
language. (As if there aren't enough already.) :-P


T

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