Re: adj

> Using zeq (to go/travel) instead of ? (to run), the sentence examples
> are:
>
> Roniu kwnt ma*d wc zeq    The dog runs quickly
> /ronoU kunt mad uS ze:R/
>
> Roniu kwnt wcll ykk       The dog is fast
> /ronoU kunt uSl: ix/
>
> Roniu wc kwnt zeq         The fast dog runs (as opposed to some other dog)
> /ronoU uS kunt ze:R/
>
> Roniu kwnt wc zeq         The fast dog runs ('fast' is purely descriptive)
> /ronoU kunt uS ze:R/
>
> Who will be next? <evil laughter>
>
Ok - gevey will take up the challenge...

the dog is quick -> *tuusrhe beke zhi-vite*
   tuusrhe - dog [subject]
   beke - "is" [verb], as in "is at this moment"
   zhi - universal pronoun [direct object] - untranslatable
   vite - quick/fast [adjective]

the dog runs quickly -> *tuusrhe ta'strime vite'e:*
   ta' - towards [preposition - see note 1 below]
   strime - runs [verb]
   vite'e: - quickly [adverb] - e: is e umlaut

the fast dog runs -> *tuusehrh-vite ta'strime*
  tuusehrh - dog [subject - see note 2 below]

note 1 - the verb "strimen" (to run) is intransitive in gevey,
which means the direct object will take a motive preposition (in this
case "ta", thus the verb is actually "to run towards"), but because
the phrase does not have a direct object, the preposition is attached
to the verb instead - a kludge, I know, but it seems to be working...

note 2 - why does "tuusrhe" turn into "tuusehrh"? Because the
adjective in effect steals the nouns ending (-e), which would leave an
unpronouncable version of the noun (tuusrh), so to compensate gevey
allows the dissociative form of the noun (usually reserved for the
direct object form of the noun) to be used instead - hence
"tuusehrh-vite"

And to round off...

The black dog is faster than the grey dog ->
*tuusehrh-sale ye tuusehrh-spojbe e zhani-vite*
   tuusehrh-sale - black dog [subject]
   e - equates to, is compared to, is [verb]
   ye tuusehrh-spojbe - grey dog [direct object]
   zhani - [universal pronoun, comparative] - untranslatable
   vite - quick, fast [adjective]

The black dog runs faster than the grey dog ->
*tuusehrh-sale ye tuusehrh-spojbe ta'strime zhani-vite*

note - in the above examples, the dog which demonstrates more of the
quality of the adjective is the subject of the clause, and the dog
which demonstrates less of the quality is the direct object. However,
even though the second example has an intransitive verb and a direct
object, the verb's preposition remains attached to the verb, because
the black dog is not running towards the grey dog, but both dogs are
running towards another, undisclosed object...

The black dog runs towards me faster than the grey dog ->
*tuusehrh-sale ye tuusehrh-spojbe strime ta-tiy zhani-vite*
   tiy - me [direct object]

Which goes to prove that you can have more than one direct object in
an intransitive verb clause, in gevey...

Who's next for the challenge?

Rik


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