subjective temperature (was Re: idea: environment pronoun)

nicole dobrowolski wrote:

> monkey child... so in narethanaal you would say something
> like 'i am cold' or 'i am cold outside' rather than 'it is
> cold' or 'it is cold outside'... so i was wondering what
> 'cold' would be in this instance..?  adjective?  direct
> object?
'Adjective' is a word class and 'direct object' is a "function"
or "part of speech". So you're right in that it is an adjective,
but the function in this case is "predicative". The "direct
object" of copulas such as "be" are called predicative. So

I am cold. = predicative
The cold monkey. = attributive

If adjectives function as nouns in narethanaal and you
mark nouns and adjectives for case, then "cold" would probably
end up in the nominative. Otherwise just leave it as it is.

> and what about 'outside'?
This is an adverbial of place. If "the fridge" can be used
like this in narethanaal, then you might call it an adverb
in this particular case. I haven't seen anything like it
though, which is even more reason for you to actually go
through with it. :)

Oh, and Darkwing Duck rules! :D

||| daniel

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