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From:Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>
Date:Wednesday, October 7, 1998, 23:57
On Wed, 7 Oct 1998 04:21:12 GMT Herman Miller <hmiller@...> writes:
>to nouns (e.g., "rassa" =3D "eye", "rasta" =3D "to see"), but you're = >probably >thinking of Eklektu. Eklektu roots can be used interchangeably as >nouns = >or >verbs; thus "graf" is used to translate both "writing" (an act of = >writing) >and "to write". Verbs are preceded by a "verb marker", which is a sort >of >preposition that indicates the tense and aspect of the verb.
Ailzm! ("powers", a Rokbeigalmki exclamation) That's *exactly* how Rokbeigalmki works! thes = (a) writing wa'thes = to write (wa' = "to"/verb marker) aza-thes = i'm writing (az = "i" + _a_ (present-immediate tense) + "thes") All other words are made by adding other affixes to the root, for instance, in the example on my homepage, there's: telos = (a) fear ozu-datelos = he was frightening [someone] (oz = "he" + _u_ (past tense) + da, the causative prefix) suddatelos = frightening (sud, adjective prefix + da) elikuh-telos = scaredly (elikuh, adverb prefix) (wa')datelos-ad = to be frightened [by someone] (da, causative + the root + -ad, passive) there are various others that i have listed on the webpage (http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Dunes/8515/conlang.html) including the only one that involves a change in the root. To make _datelos_ into "a scary person, a frightener", you 'soften' the final consonant, getting _datelosh_. -Stephen (Steg) ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]