Re: Colors as verbsl

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.
>
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"?