Re: Verbs derived from noun cases

Peter Bleackley scripsit:

> 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?
Lojban takes the opposite tack: there are only verbs, and nouns are
phrases meaning "that which falls into case X of verb Y".  So from the
verb "go/come", which takes five cases, we get five noun phrases
meaning "goer/comer", "destination", "origin", "route", and "means of going".

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