Re: Devoid

In Arithide, which is an SOV language, the sentence would appear as such:

Nou daimmôs alerin dêbja he.
['nu: 'demmo:s 'alerin 'de:b_ja he]
ne-ou daimm-ôs alihe-er-in dêb-ja he
he-TOP charm-ABL none-GEN man-NOM be-IMPF

The genitive ending on "alihe" indicates the termination of the entire
adjectival phrase that ends with it, to avoid confusion with "he is
the man of nothing from Charm (place name)".

Eugene

On 6/17/06, caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...> wrote:
> I happened upon the word "devoid" today.  It seems to be an
> interesting adjective.  While synonyms are "empty, vacant, etc." it
> must be used with "of" and cannot be used attributively or
> predicatively.
>
> *The devoid (of) can is on the table.
> *The can is devoid (of).
>
> It can be used appositively (if I understand that correctly).
>
> He is a man devoid of charm.
>
> In Spanish "desprovisto" also requires "de."
>
> Those of you fluent in other natlangs, how is this expressed in your
> natlang?
>
> How do you conlangers handle it in your conlangs?
>
> In Senjecas I am going to use the word for "empty," _tūsis_, but
> have it used with an object in the stative case.
>
> nus µīrus šrźqmas tūsus źsa.
> he man of-charm devoid is.
>
> Charlie
>