Staving Christian Thalman:
>--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Peter Bleackley <Peter.Bleackley@R...>
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>
> >
> > The one part of speech is the "state". This can function as a noun,
>
>a
> > stative verb, or even a function word depending on context. The one
> > syntactical rule is that each state modifies the one preceding it.
>
>Any
> > thoughts?
>
>I can't really imagine what you mean... some examples would be
>helpful.
I'll have a go
>How would you express these:
>
>- Give him his money back.
being addressed cause being referred having being value belonging being
referred again desired
>- How cold is it outside?
outside cold knowing desired
>- The dog was sleeping until the cat woke him up.
being doglike sleeping before. being catlike cause being doglike awake.
>- I haven't found my socks yet, but I will if I keep searching.
being socklike located knowing now not. located knowing conditional
searching still.
>- These chocolates are for the girl who helped me with math.
being chocolate for being human young female helping being self counting
knowing.
I've envisioned this as a very primitive language.
Pete