Re: A use for "aizh" ...

--- In conlang@y..., Andreas Johansson <and_yo@H...> wrote:
> I just thought I'd tell you I've found a use for the past participle of the
> Tairezan copula, which, being _aizh_ [aiZ], is to beautiful to leave unused.
Indeed.  Obrenje does have |ajdze| /ajdZ@/ currently, meaning "I
prefer", but it wouldn't hurt to add |ajze| as well.  Now I just need
a meaning...


> So from now on it can be used to form "past adjectives"; eg _Ez daive aizh
> sasht_ "the been red house"
Nice construction.  In Obrenje, I would also use the past active
participle of the copula:  |wom| /wOm/ "having been".

|Gune qar wom| /gu:n Nar wOm/ "the-house red having-been"


> So, why not a translation exercise:
>
> _Ez laist aizh dair ai anév dadair_ "The been beautiful language is now more
> beautiful"
|Mo    xynae       golme                 u    tra   galme      tize.|
/mO    zy"na:      "gOlmM                     tra   "galm@     ti:Z/
be:3e  language:d  be_beautiful:PST:PTC  PRE  more  beautiful  now

"The having-been beautiful language is more beautiful now."


-- Christian Thalmann