Re: Varon

On Sun, 20 Jan 2002, Adam Walker wrote:

a)
> The pages yellowed.
I think `yellowed' is a valid word, but not the past tense of a verb. That
sentence sounds wrong, but `the pages were/had yellowed' is fine, at least
to me.

b)
> First, brown the meat.
I'll pay that.

c)
> This fertilizer will green your lawn right up.
That also sounds wrong. `This fertiliser will make your lawn green', yes,
but not that. Again, at least for me.

d)
> I'll black the answers out.  Then you can look.
The verb in that sentence is `to black out', not `to black'.

(Note that (a) and (c) was merely to back up my earlier statement; I
realise that they're valid in your dialect.)

Tristan


> >From: Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
> >Reply-To: Constructed Languages List <CONLANG@...>
> >To: CONLANG@LISTSERV.BROWN.EDU
> >Subject: Re: Varon
> >Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 09:35:14 -0500
> >
> >Muke Tever wrote:
> >>
> >>From: "Tristan Alexander McLeay" <anstouh@...>
> >> > On Sat, 19 Jan 2002, Padraic Brown wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > English colours _are_ nouns. (They're also adjectives, verbs
> >> > > and adverbs as well, but that's another matter!)
> >> >
> >> > How are they verbs? *He was bluing it. *She redded the chair. I guess
> >>they
> >> > count as adverbs is things like 'He painted it yellow'.
> >>
> >>"She reddened the chair", possibly.
> >
> >I'd say that "redden" isn't "red" used as a verb, but a verb derived from
> >the adjective "red".
> >
> >                                          Andreas
> >
> >
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