Re: Equatives?
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, March 11, 2003, 13:14 |
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En réponse à "H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh@...>:
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> But when used in isolation, it means "just the right amount of":
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> osa'o 3cwgr33' 3fineu'.
> - food(cvy) students(rcp)
> "There is just the right amount of food for the students."
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>
> Anybody else's conlang has this neat feature? :-)
>
My Chasmäöcho doesn't have the same adjective degrees as other languages have.
It has no comparative or superlative. On the other hand, it has an "intensive"
(more, too much, very, etc...) and an "absolute" (enough, simply, just as,
etc...). So its "absolute" looks quite a bit like your equative :)) . Check:
http://listserv.brown.edu/archives/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9908C&L=conlang&P=R10162
for an explanation of how the absolute works in Chasmäöcho, and:
http://listserv.brown.edu/archives/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9908D&L=conlang&P=R3795
for the full morphology of the adjective. And if you're interested more
interested in the language, please check:
http://listserv.brown.edu/archives/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9909B&L=conlang&P=R3696
for a concept that will surely interest you and quite a few examples of the
language :)) .
Christophe.
http://rainbow.conlang.free.fr
It takes a straight mind to create a twisted conlang.
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