Re: Basic vocabulary when starting a conlang

 --- David Peterson <DigitalScream@...> wrote: >
In a message dated 08/31/02 6:23:46 AM,
> ask4it@GPUL.ORG writes:
> "To die" is
> pretty standard, but why
> not have the basic verb "to be dead", and the verb
> "to die" a derivation, "to
> become dead"?  I've never seen it, but there's no
> reason why it couldn't
> happen.
i rather like the greek system, where the root |than|
forms the present tense |apoTHNe:ísko:| ( with the
prepositional prefix |apo| meaning 'away' and the
incipient sufix |sk| ) which means 'i die' and the
perfect |téTHNe:ka| meaning 'i have died'/'i am dead'

i also like the latin euphemism |uixe:runt| 'they have
lived' meaning 'they are dead' . . . been there, done
that, got the tombstone

bn



=====
bnathyuw | landan | arR
stamp the sunshine out | angelfish
your tears came like anaesthesia | phèdre

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