Re: Colors as verbsl
| From: | caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, March 24, 2005, 16:30 |
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On Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 02:55:59PM -0000, caeruleancentaur wrote:
>> Thus, in Senyecan all the colors are originally verbs. Since there
>> is no difference in form between transitive and intransitive verbs,
>> these verbs can mean, using rúúða as an example, transitively:
>> redden, make red; and intransitively: redden, become red, turn red.
--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@M...> wrote:
>What about "be red"? That's the usual form of "using verbs for
>adjectives". How do you talk about something that is already red,
>not in the process of becoming red? Do you say "It (was) reddened"?
In Senyecan the copulative "ésa," to be, is used is this case.
Charlie
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