arithmetic [was: Tiny lexicon languages]

    I spent last week in Japan and this week catching up on email.  One =
of
the last emails I came across in Conlang before I got the number unread =
down
to zero was this.

Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> wrote:
> It would certainly be nice to have a simple way of saying, for =
instance,
> "to the power of", say "five na seven" =3D "5^7",
    In Gladilatian exponentiation is denoted by having the exponent, with
the attribute "nmut", modify the base, so 5^7 would be "nmuthzut wefe".

> ... or to be able to distinguish between (5*7)/3 and 5*(7/3), which is
> quite difficult to make in speech.
    Division is denoted by using the preposition "mnat" with the noun =
form
of the denominator, so 7/3 would be "mnathrnuot hzut".  Multiplication is
formed simply by one number modifying the other, so 5*7 would be "wefe
hzut".
    Grouping is denoted through the use of relatives, so (5*7)/3 would be
"mnathrnuot mep wefe hzutot u", or "that which is five sevens divided by
three", with Glad. grammatical rules making it clear that "divided by =
three"
modifies "that".  5*(7/3) would be "mep mnathrnuot hzutot wefe u", or =
"five
of that which is seven divided by three".

vocabulary:

hrnu      ad.  three
hzut      ad.  seven
mep       r.   who/which (intrinsic)=20
mnat      p.   composed of, divided into, divided by
nmut      at.  meta-, hyper-
ot        su.  (abstractor - for numbers this turns the ad. form into a =
n.)
u         n.   something (general placeholder)
wefe      ad.  five

abbreviations:
ad. adjective
at. attribute (essentially an adjectival prefix)
n.  noun
p.  preposition
r.  relative
su. suffix

    Being a mathematician, I've developed mathematical terminology for
Glad. more than most conlangers, at least relative to how much I've
developed other terminology.  AFAIK, Gladilatian is the only conlang with
words for specific transfinite cardinals.

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             Dennis Paul Himes    <>    dennis@himes.connix.com
             homepage: http://www.connix.com/~dennis/dennis.htm
        Gladilatian page: http://www.connix.com/~dennis/glad/lang.htm
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Disclaimer: "True, I talk of dreams; which are the children of an idle
brain, begot of nothing but vain fantasy; which is as thin of substance =
as
the air."                      - Romeo & Juliet, Act I Scene iv Verse =
96-99