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Re: A conlang is being born (long)

From:Estel Telcontar <estel_telcontar@...>
Date:Tuesday, April 29, 2003, 20:06
 --- Christophe Grandsire ha tera a:
> En réponse à Harald Stoiber : > > Prepositions are formed using a kind of "anti-genitive" case > > together with the prepositional case. Whereas the genitive > > specifies the possessor, the anti-genitive denotes the possession. > > I think you mean "possessee": that which is possessed. "Possession" > is a bit ambiguous here because it can refer to the concept of >possessing something.
Somewhere in the sea of stuff I vaguely know, something is telling me that the word for something possessed is "possessum" (funny-sounding Latin word.) ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca