Re: Verbs derived from noun cases

Peter Bleackley said:
> Suppose for each case of a noun, there is a verbal form, which turns
> CASE-X
> into BE-CASE-X. For example BE-NOM-X = "to be X", BE-GEN-X = "belong to
> X".
> How many cases would the noun need before verbs were no longer needed as a
> separate part of speach?

Approximately the same number of cases as there are verbs. Marking case in
this way would be no different than incorporating a verb into the noun
form.


-- Mark